greenockite
See also: Greenockite
English
Etymology
Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Noun
greenockite (countable and uncountable, plural greenockites)
- (mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
See also
- Greenock
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Greenockite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “greenockite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.