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nickeline

[nik-uh-leen]
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noun
  1. a usually massive, pale copper-red mineral, nickel arsenide, NiAs, with a metallic luster.
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Origin of nickeline

First recorded in 1780–90; nickel + -ine2
Also called niccolite.
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British Dictionary definitions for nickeline

nickeline

noun
  1. another name for niccolite
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