millerite

See also: Millerite and millérite

English

Etymology

Miller +‎ -ite, from British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller.

Noun

millerite (plural millerites)

  1. (geology) A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts

Further reading
  • “Millerite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “millerite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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