different between greenockite vs zanthochroite

greenockite

English

Etymology

Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, +? -ite.

Noun

greenockite (countable and uncountable, plural greenockites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.

See also

  • Greenock

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Greenockite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “greenockite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

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zanthochroite

English

Noun

zanthochroite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) An amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.

References

  • United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).

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