Min. Also torberite. [ad. Ger. torbernit (Werner, 1792), orig. torberit, f. Torbernus, latinized form of the name of the chemist Torber Bergmann: see -ITE1.] A native phosphate of uranium and copper, found in bright green tabular crystals; also called copper uranite, and (erroneously) chalcolite.
1852. Brooke & Miller, Phillips’ Introd. Min., 517. Torberite.—Uranite (in part) … is found in attached crystals, massive, and investing other minerals, in veins in slate and in granite.
1868. Dana, Min., 585. Torbernite.
