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millerite
1[mil-uh-rahyt]
noun
a mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
Millerite
2[mil-uh-rahyt]
noun
a follower of William Miller, a U.S. preacher who taught that the Second Advent of Christ and the beginning of the millennium were to occur in 1843.
millerite
/ ˈɪəˌɪ /
noun
a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: a minor ore of nickel. Formula: NiS
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of millerite1
Origin of millerite2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of millerite1
Example Sentences
It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance.
The St. Lawrence and Jefferson county hematites were represented by large specimens of ore and by a series of associated rocks and minerals, including some beautiful specimens of millerite, chalcedite, etc.
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