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greenockite
green·ock·ite G0260200 (grē′nə-kīt′)n. A yellow to brown or red mineral, CdS, the only ore of cadmium.
[After Charles Murray Cathcart, Second Earl Greenock (1783-1859), British soldier.]greenockite (ˈɡriːnəˌkaɪt) n (Minerals) a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: the only ore of cadmium. Formula: CdS[C19: named after Lord C. C. Greenock, 19th-century English soldier]green•ock•ite (ˈgri nəˌkaɪt)
n. a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores. [1840–45; after Charles Cathcart, Lord Greenock (1807–43), Englishman who discovered it; see -ite1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | greenockite - ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline formcadmium sulphidemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
greenockite
greenockite[′grē·nə‚kīt] (mineralogy) CdS A green or orange mineral that crystallizes in the hexagonal system; occurs as an earthy encrustation and is dimorphous with hawleyite. Also known as cadmium blende; cadmium ocher; xanthochroite. greenockite
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