PENTLANDITE


Meaning of PENTLANDITE in English

/pent"leuhn duyt'/ , n.

a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.

[ 1855-60; Pentland (d. 1873), Irish scientist; see -ITE 1 ]

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