Min. [f. personal name Tocornal (see quot. 1896) + -ITE1.] An iodide of silver and mercury occurring in pale-yellow granular masses, in Chili.
1880. Dana, Min., App. II. Tocornalite … Amorphous, structure granular. Color a pale-yellow, by the action of the air it grows darker…. Soft, easily reduced to a powder…. From the mines of Chañarcillo, Chili.
1896. Chester, Dict. Names Min., Tocornalite,… in honor of A. Tocornal.
