Definition of Greenockite. Meaning of Greenockite. Synonyms of Greenockite

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Definition of Greenockite

Greenockite
Greenockite Green"ock*ite, n. [Named after Lord Greenock.] (Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

Meaning of Greenockite from wikipedia

- Greenockite, also cadmium blende or cadmium ochre (obsolete) is a rare cadmium bearing metal sulfide mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide (CdS) in crystalline...
- in nature with two different crystal structures as the rare minerals greenockite and hawleyite, but is more prevalent as an impurity substituent in the...
- sometimes called turkey fat ore. The cause of colour is the presence of greenockite inclusions. Crystals of smithsonite: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi...
- Jasper County, Missouri. The wurtzite group includes cadmoselite (CdSe), greenockite (CdS), mátraite (ZnS), and rambergite (MnS), in addition to wurtzite...
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- for road construction. The quarry is also noted for crystals of greenockite. Greenockite is a rather rare species, considering it has a very simple chemistry...
- excavating the Bishopton tunnel near Port Glasgow and which is now known as Greenockite. On 17 February 1837 he was made Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and Governor...
- of mining for zinc, but also occurs rarely in nature in the mineral greenockite. It is usually made by replacing some of the sulphur with selenium, which...
- the main zinc containing ore in Komioka, is almost always coupled with greenockite, the only major cadmium-containing mineral in the world. Because of this...
- c****iterite, chalcedony, chrysocolla, hematite, hemimorphite fluorite, goethite, greenockite, malachite, rhodochrosite, smithsonite, mottramite, wavellite...