A crystalline solid, which can be prepared in extremely hard forms, consisting of molecules of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀); any solid material consisting of a fullerene.
Origin
1990s. From fuller- + -ite.
Definition of fullerite in US English:
fullerite
nounˈfʊlərʌɪt
Chemistry
A crystalline solid, which can be prepared in extremely hard forms, consisting of molecules of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀); any solid material consisting of a fullerene.