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Definition of Millerite
1. Noun. A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel.
Definition of Millerite
1. n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.
2. n. A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites.
Definition of Millerite
1. Noun. (Christianity) One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers than the world would end October 22, 1844; when it didn't, the w:Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (w:Campbellite) Restorationists. ¹
2. Noun. A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Millerite
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1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"For weeks the city and country were in a fervor of excitement.! At Taun- ton
there was a millerite camp-meeting with some forty ..."
2. A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands: Mostly by Frederick William Rudler (1905)
"millerite. (No. 872.) To a mineralogist the most interesting occurrence in ...
millerite is known sometimes as nickel pyrites, whilst its capillary habit ..."
3. The Adventures of a Seventeen-year-old Lad and the Fortunes He Might Have Won by John Grandison Williams (1894)
"... SETTLEMENT LEARNS BRICKMAKING AT THE COLONY A JOURNEY INLAND KANGAROO HUNTING —
BECOMES A CARPENTER STUDYING THE HABITS OF THE NATIVES A millerite EVENT ..."
4. A Pocket Handbook of Minerals Designed for Use in the Field Or Class-room by Gurdon Montague Butler (1908)
"CINNABAR-millerite GROUP. 66. CINNABAR. HgS. Hardness 2-2.5. Lustre. — Adamantine
to earthy. Color. — Cochineal red, scarlet, reddish brown, black (due to ..."
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