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Definition of Greenockite
1. Noun. Ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form.
Definition of Greenockite
1. n. Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
Definition of Greenockite
1. Noun. (minerology) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form. ¹
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Definition of Greenockite
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Medical Definition of Greenockite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenockite
Literary usage of Greenockite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"The greenockite Class.—The crystals of this class possess ax •-, •-* Flg. 11*4.
... 196 represents a crystal of greenockite from Renfrewshire—a combination ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1845)
"... to greenockite in external appearance, the composition of the two minerals is
widely different. ..."
3. Preliminary Report on the Lead and Zinc of Oklahoma by Luther Crocker Snider (1912)
"greenockite. greenockite, cadmium sulphide, forms a yellow coaling on the surface
and in cracks of the sphalerite, in the Quapaw camp No crystals have been ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology by Albert Huntington Chester (1896)
"greenockite. T. Thomson, 1840, Ed. Phil. Jour., xxviii, 390, in honor of Lord
Greenock. Sulphide of cadmium, found iu crystals and amorphous incrustations ..."
5. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"greenockite. CdS, III. H = 3-3.5 ; G = 4.9-5. Color honey-yellow to orange-yellow;
streak orange-yellow. Luster resinous to dull. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1851)
"On the Optical Properties of greenockite, by Sir David Brewster, in a letter to
Lord Greenock. greenockite has the form of a regular six-sided prism, ..."
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