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niccolite

American  
[nik-uh-lahyt] / ˈnɪk əˌlaɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

  1. nickeline.

niccolite British  
/ ˈnɪkəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. Also called: nickeline.  a copper-coloured mineral consisting of nickel arsenide in hexagonal crystalline form, occurring associated with copper and silver ores: a source of nickel. Formula: NiAs

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Etymology

Origin of niccolite

1865–70; < New Latin niccol ( um ) nickel + -ite 1

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It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance.

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