TROILITE FeS Hexagonal

Description: A rare sulfide generally found only in iron-nickel meteorites.

St. CROIX COUNTY: Troilite formed nodules 3- 12 mm in diameter and filled veins in the iron-nickel meteorite found in the N 1/2 SW sec. 31 T.29N. R.17W, near Hammond. (Fisher, 1887).

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