millerite Definition
mill·er·ite (mil′ər īt′)
noun
a soft, yellowish, metallic, rhombohedral mineral, NiS, usually in the form of brittle, fine, hairlike crystals; nickel sulfide
Etymology: Ger millerit, after W. H. Miller (1801-80), Brit mineralogist
Millerite Definition
☆ Mill·er·ite (mil′ər īt′)
noun
a follower of William Miller (1782-1849), a U.S. preacher who declared that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ would occur in 1843
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