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melonitenoun
A nickel telluride mineral.
Etymology: after the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California.
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Melonite
Melonite is a telluride of nickel; it is a metallic mineral. Its chemical formula is NiTe2. It is opaque and white to reddish-white in color, oxidizing in air to a brown tarnish. It was first described from the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California in 1866, by Frederick Augustus Genth. Melonite occurs as trigonal crystals, which cleave in a (0001) direction. It has a specific gravity of 7.72 and a hardness of 1–1.5 (very soft).
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Melonite
Melonite is a telluride of nickel; it is a metallic mineral. Its chemical formula is NiTe2. It is opaque and white to reddish-white in color, oxidizing in air to a brown tarnish. It was first described from the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California in 1866, by Frederick Augustus Genth. Melonite occurs as trigonal crystals, which cleave in a direction. It has a specific gravity of 7.72 and a hardness of 1-1.5.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of melonite in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of melonite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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