millerite
[ mil-uh-rahyt ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌraɪt /
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noun
a mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
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Millerite
[ mil-uh-rahyt ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌraɪt /
noun
a follower of William Miller, a U.S. preacher who taught that the Second Advent of Christ and the beginning of the millennium were to occur in 1843.
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millerite
/ (ˈmɪləˌraɪt) /
noun
a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: a minor ore of nickel. Formula: NiS
Word Origin for millerite
C19: named after W. H. Miller (1801–80), English mineralogist
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