greenockite in English
noun
1
a mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide and typically occurring as a yellow crust on zinc ores.
The only important ore of cadmium is greenockite , or cadmium sulfide (CdS).
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1. Greenockite (CdS), the only cadmium mineral of importance, is nearly always associated with sphalerite (ZnS).
2. Cadmium (Cd) is a soft, malleable, bluish white metal found in zinc ores, and to a much lesser extent, in the Cadmium mineral greenockite