nickeline

[ nik-uh-leen ]

noun
  1. a usually massive, pale copper-red mineral, nickel arsenide, NiAs, with a metallic luster.

Origin of nickeline

1
First recorded in 1780–90; nickel + -ine2

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British Dictionary definitions for nickeline

nickeline

/ (ˈnɪkəˌliːn) /


noun
  1. another name for niccolite

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