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willyamite Min.|wɪlɪˈɑːmaɪt|
[See quot. 1893 and -ite1.]
A sulphide and antimonide of cobalt and nickel, (Co,Ni)SbS, in which Co exceeds Ni, found as white or grey pseudo-cubic crystals having a metallic lustre.
1893E. F. Pittman in Jrnl. & Proc. R. Soc. New S. Wales XXVII. 366, I propose to name the mineral Willyamite (pronounced Willy-ah′-mite) after Willyama the official name of the Broken Hill township, and the aboriginal word meaning a hill with a broken contour. 1976Norsk. Geol. Tidsskr. LVI. 449 Ullmannite, cobaltian ullmannite and willyamite occur as blebs and laths in galena from Espeland mine, Aust-Agder, Norway. |