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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GREENOCKITE

Named after Lord C. C. Greenock, 19th-century English soldier.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GREENOCKITE

greenockite  [ˈɡriːnəˌkaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREENOCKITE

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Greenockite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREENOCKITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

greenockite

Greenockite

Greenockite is a rare cadmium bearing metal sulfide mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form. Greenockite crystallizes in the hexagonal system. It occurs as massive encrustations and as hemimorphic six-sided pyramidal crystals which vary in color from a honey yellow through shades of red to brown. The Mohs hardness is 3 to 3.5 and the specific gravity is 4.8 to 4.9. Greenockite belongs to the wurtzite group and is isostructural with it at high temperatures. It is also isostructural with sphalerite at low tempretures. It occurs with other sulfide minerals such as sphalerite and galena, and is the only ore mineral of cadmium, most cadmium is recovered as a byproduct of copper, zinc, and lead mining. It is also known from the lead-zinc districts of the central United States. It was first recognized in 1840 in Bishopton, Scotland, during the cutting of a tunnel for the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway. The mineral was named after the land owner Lord Greenock.

Definition of greenockite in the English dictionary

The definition of greenockite in the dictionary is a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: the only ore of cadmium. Formula: CdS.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREENOCKITE


Amalekite
əˈmæləˌkaɪt
arkite
ˈɑːkaɪt
blatherskite
ˈblæðəˌskaɪt
brookite
ˈbrʊkaɪt
hellkite
ˈhɛlˌkaɪt
kight
kaɪt
kite
kaɪt
larvikite
ˈlɑːvɪˌkaɪt
laurvikite
ˈlɔːvɪˌkaɪt
malachite
ˈmæləˌkaɪt
monchiquite
mɒnˈʃiːkaɪt
onychite
ˈɒnɪˌkaɪt
parakite
ˈpærəˌkaɪt
perovskite
pɛˈrɒvskaɪt
phenakite
ˈfɛnəˌkaɪt
riebeckite
ˈriːbəˌkaɪt
skyte
skaɪt
trachyte
ˈtreɪkaɪt
unakite
ˈjuːnəˌkaɪt
zincite
ˈzɪŋkaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREENOCKITE

greenlet
greenlight
greenling
greenlit
greenly
greenmail
greenmailer
greenness
Greenock
Greenough
Greenpeace
greenroom
greens
greensand
Greensboro
greenshank
greensick
greensickness
greenskeeper
greensome

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREENOCKITE

black kite
box kite
burkite
fly a kite
go fly a kite
high as a kite
on the skite
power kite
red kite
samarskite
skite
stunt kite

Synonyms and antonyms of greenockite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «greenockite» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

greenockite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

greenockite
570 millions of speakers

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greenockite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

greenockite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

greenockite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гринокит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greenockite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

greenockite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

greenockite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Greenockite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Greenockit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

硫カドミウム鉱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

greenockite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greenockite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

greenockite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

greenockite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिरव्या ओढा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Grenokit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

greenockite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

greenockite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гринокіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Greenockite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

greenockite
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

greenockite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

greenockite
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

greenockite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greenockite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREENOCKITE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREENOCKITE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREENOCKITE»

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Greenockite from Llallagua, Bolivia: Notulae Naturae of The ...
Number 1 of May 17, 1939 The Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia GREENOCKITE FROM LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA By Samuel G. Gordon Associate Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ...
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Greenockite. Geologic Environment: hydrothermal veins Reflection Colour: greenish grey Internal Reflections: very light lemon yellow to red-brown and blood red Reflectance [%]: 18.61 Bireflectance: Anisotropy: Pleochroism: weak Strunz ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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The Data of Geochemistry
Sphalerite, wurtzite, and greenockite have all been prepared synthetically, and wurtzite has been repeatedly observed as a furnace product.1 According to H. de Senarmont,2 sphalerite is formed when zinc solutions are heated in sealed tubes  ...
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1920
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Bulletin
Sphalerite, wurtzite, and greenockite have all been prepared synthetically, and wurtzite has been repeatedly observed as a furnace product.1 According to H. de Senarmont,2 sphalerite is formed when zinc solutions are heated in sealed tubes  ...
‎1920
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1832-1844
On the Optical Properties of Greenockite, by Sir David Brewster, in a letter to Lord Greenock. Greenockite has the form of a regular six-sided prism, with pyramidal summits, the faces of the pyramid being inclined 36° 20' to their base.
‎1845
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Origin of the zinc and lead deposits of the Joplin region, ...
Jenney 1 noted that greenockite is a secondary mineral in the deeper levels, derived by alteration of cadmiferous blende in the zone of oxidation and precipitated below by the reducing action of organic matter. Smith,2 following Waring, also ...
Claude Ellsworth Siebenthal, 1915
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Geology and Oil Resources of the West Border of the San ...
Jenney ' noted that greenockite is a secondary mineral in the deeper levels, derived by alteration of cadmiferous blende in the zone of oxidation and precipitated below by the reducing action of organic matter. Smith,2 following Waring, also ...
Robert van Vleck Anderson, Robert Wallace Pack, 1915
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
On the Optical Properties of Greenockite, by Sir David Brewster, in a letter to Lord Greenock. Greenockite has the form of a regular six-sided prism, with pyramidal summits, the faces of the pyramid being inclined 36° 20' to their base.
‎1842
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XAFS for Everyone
As explained in Box 7.1, it's straightforward to calculate that if 24% of the cadmium atoms are present in monteponite and 76% as greenockite, then by mass the sample is 22% monteponite and 78% greenockite. You might want to try that ...
Scott Calvin, 2013
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Pigment Compendium: Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments
Undercrossed polars thisform ofcadmium sulfide can be seentobe isotropic and, unlikethe greenockite type, has very low orno internal reflections. Itis yellowinreflected light. Earlier examples of this form of cadmium sulfidemay occur with a ...
Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREENOCKITE»

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'Cadmium Rice' Is China's Latest Food Scandal
... rice products tested there contained too-high levels of the poisonous metal which is found in zinc ores and, to a lesser extent, in greenockite. «New York Times, May 13»
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Cadmium Sulfide – Properties, Applications and the Future for CdS
It is yellow in color and is a semiconductor of electricity. It exists as two different polymorphs, hexagonal greenockite and cubic hawleyite. «Azom.com, Oct 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Greenockite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/greenockite>. Apr 2024 ».
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