Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nickel telluride (perhaps Ni2Te3), which occurs in reddish-white granular forms with metallic luster: found in California and also in Colorado.
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- noun mineralogy A
nickel telluride mineral .
Etymologies
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Melones + -ite, after the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California.
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