Ore of cadmium

• A rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form

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n. (context mineral English) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.

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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 is a rare cadmium bearing metal sulfide mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide (CdS) in crystalline form. Greenockite crystallizes in the hexagonal system. It occurs as massive encrustations and as hemimorphic six-sided pyramidal crystals which ...

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n. ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form [syn: cadmium sulphide ]