GREENOCKITE


Meaning of GREENOCKITE in English

/gree"neuh kuyt'/ , n.

a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.

[ 1840-45; named after Charles Cathcart, Lord Greenock (1807-43), Englishman who discovered it; see -ITE 1 ]

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