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Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
greenockite
Today it means: A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form. Full definition →
Today it means: A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form. Full definition →
Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.