greenockite

See also: Greenockite

English

Etymology

Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, +‎ -ite.

Noun

greenockite (countable and uncountable, plural greenockites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.

See also

Further reading
  • “Greenockite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “greenockite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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