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trevorite Min.|ˈtrɛvəraɪt|
[f. the name of T. G. Trevor (1865–1958), South African geologist and mining official + -ite1.]
A black, magnetic, isometric oxide of nickel and ferric iron, NiFe2O4, belonging to the spinel group.
1921A. F. Crosse in Jrnl. Chem., Metallurgical & Mining Soc. S. Afr. XXI. 126/2 One of the most interesting mineralogical discoveries..in the Transvaal..is an extraordinarily rich nickel ore... This ore is as far as I am able to judge a new and undescribed mineral... I should like to call it ‘Trevorite’ after Major T. G. Trevor, Mining Inspector for the Pretoria District. 1976Mineral. Abstr. XXVII. 252/2 Microprobe analyses of grains of ferroan trevorite from a serpentine massif in south⁓western China reported Ni 3·4–8·8% but no Ti. |