Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral consisting of nickel sulphid and nickel arsenide, having a silver-white to steel-gray color and metallic luster.
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- noun mineralogy An
isometric nickel arsenic sulfide mineral .
Etymologies
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Gersdorff + -ite, after Johann von Gersdorff (1781–1849), owner of the nickel mine at Schladming, Austria (the type locality).
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