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Definition of Pentlandite
1. Noun. A mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel.
Definition of Pentlandite
1. Noun. (minerology) A mixed iron and nickel sulfide mineral, with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)9S8; the major ore of nickel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pentlandite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentlandite
Literary usage of Pentlandite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"pentlandite is associated with chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in gabbro, at Sudbury,
Ontario; and in a hornblende rock near Lillehammer, also with pyrrhotite ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1905)
"pentlandite The most important mineral belonging to the Sudbury ore deposits ...
The ratio of nickel to iron in pentlandite is generally given as variable, ..."
3. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"... in which nickel is usually if not always present as pentlandite |(Fe,Ni)S|,
... pentlandite ..."
4. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"pentlandite is similar to pyrrhotite but can be distinguished on polished surfaces
by not being attacked by hydrochloric acid, while pyrrhotite is easily ..."
5. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"... masses or radiating crusts; by weathering becoming covered with a greenish-gray
bloom. Often associated with pentlandite or Pyrrhotite. A nickel ore. ..."
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