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Greenockite

noun
1.
Ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form.  Synonym: cadmium sulphide.





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... cadmium sulphide in greenockite, CdS, which is very rare. It is widely diffused in calamine, blende, and other zinc ores, forming, in some cases, as much as 2 or 3 per cent. of the ore. Oxide of cadmium forms the "brown blaze" ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer


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