Min. [f. Norw. Tyr, ON. Týr, the god of war (cf. TUESDAY) + -ITE1.] A variety of, or mineral allied to, FERGUSONITE.
1855. Forbes, in Edin. New Philos. Jrnl., I. 67. Tyrite … was found … by Mr. Dahl, at a place called Hampemijr, and was crystallized in prisons, having a quadratic section. Ibid. (1857), in Philos. Mag., Feb., 96. Tyrite and Fergusonite are closely allied, and may possibly be even identical.
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 524. Tyrite … occurs in square pyramidal crystals like those of fergusonite. Ibid., 525. Tyrite is associated with euxenite at Hampemyr … and Helle.
