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.

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- Greenockite, also cadmium blende or cadmium ochre (obsolete) is a rare cadmium bearing metal sulfide mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide (CdS) in crystalline...
- 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...
- in nature with two different crystal structures as the rare minerals greenockite and hawleyite, but is more prevalent as an impurity substituent in the...
- "turkey fat ore". The cause of the yellow colour is due to the presence of greenockite inclusions within the smithsonite crystals. Sample of botryoidal smithsonite:...
- P6222, P6422, P6322 183–186 Dihexagonal pyramidal 6mm C6v *66 [6] polar greenockite, wurtzite P6mm, P6cc, P63cm, P63mc 187–190 Ditrigonal dipyramidal 6m2...
- Jasper County, Missouri. The wurtzite group includes cadmoselite (CdSe), greenockite (CdS), mátraite (ZnS), and rambergite (MnS), in addition to wurtzite...
- Graftonite Grandidierite Grandreefite Graphite Gratonite Greenalite Greenockite Gregoryite Greifensteinite Greigite Grossite Grossular Groutite Grunerite...
- 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...
- 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...
- yellow (PY37): cadmium sulfide (CdS), which also occurs as the mineral greenockite. Chromium pigments Chrome yellow or crocoite (PY34): lead chromate (PbCrO4)...