A rare cubic chloride of copper, CuCl, occurring as white granular masses.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Nantoco, the name of a town in northern Chile near which the mineral was found + -ite, after Spanish nantoquita and German Nantokit.
Definition of nantokite in US English:
nantokite
nounˈnantəkʌɪt
Mineralogy
A rare cubic chloride of copper, CuCl, occurring as white granular masses.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Nantoco, the name of a town in northern Chile near which the mineral was found + -ite, after Spanish nantoquita and German Nantokit.