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Millerite

Millerite Meaning & Definition
Millerite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Millerite?

[n] a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel

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See Also | atomic number 28 | mineral | Ni | nickel

Millerite In Webster's Dictionary

\Mil"ler*ite\, n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.
\Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}.

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