Min. Obs. [Named in Ger. tombazit by Breithaupt 1838, in allusion to its tombac color.] An obsolete synonym of GERSDORFFITE, a sulph-arsenide of nickel.
1850. Ansted, Elen. Geol., Min., etc. § 468. Nickel green, Tombazite, Arsenate of nickel, with 36 per cent. of the oxide.