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green·ock·ite (grēn′ək īt′)

noun

a soft, yellowish, hexagonal mineral, CdS, an ore of cadmium; cadmium sulfide

Etymology: after C. M. Cathcart, Lord Greenock (1783-1859), Eng general who discovered it in 1841, + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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