Min. [f. as prec. + -LITE. Changed in 1872 from Klaprothite, the name given by Petersen in 1868.] A sulphide of bismuth and copper related to Wittichenite, occurring in steel-grey orthorhombic crystals.
1872. G. J. Brush, in Dana’s Min., App. 1. 8. Klaprotholite is generally associated with a cobalt-tetrahedrite…. The name klaprothite was given to lazulite by Beudant in 1824, we therefore change Petersen’s name to klaprotholite.
