|
|
1. (n.) greenockite
a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores.
Etymology: (1840–45; after Charles Cathcart, Lord Greenock (1807–43), Englishman who discovered it; see -ite1)
|
| Definition of 'greenockite' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) greenockite, cadmium sulphide
ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form
|
| Definition of 'greenockite' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) greenockite
native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'greenockite' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of greenockite 
