Etymology: formed as daubreiten. + -litecomb. form1.
Mineralogy.
A black sulphide of chromium, found in meteoric iron.
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1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 7/2 The..constituent parts of meteoric iron are..numerous compounds, such as ferrous sulphide (troilite), sulphide of chromium (daubréelite), calcium sulphide (oldhamite).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).