n. A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Native cadmium sulphid, a rare mineral occurring in hemimorphic hexagonal crystals of a honey-yellow or orange-yellow color, and also as a pulverulent incrustation on sphalerite.
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n. ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form
Word Usage
"Upon this table also are deposited Lord Greenock's sulphuret of cadmium, commonly called greenockite; and sulphurets of nickel."