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millerite


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Millerite  \Mil"ler*ite\,  n.  [From  W.  H.  Miller,  of  Cambridge, 
  Eng.]  (Min.) 
  A  sulphide  of  nickel,  commonly  occurring  in  delicate 
  capillary  crystals,  also  in  incrustations  of  a  bronze  yellow; 
  --  sometimes  called  {hair  pyrites}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Millerite  \Mil"ler*ite\,  n. 
  A  believer  in  the  doctrine  of  William  Miller  (d.  1849),  who 
  taught  that  the  end  of  the  world  and  the  second  coming  of 
  Christ  were  at  hand. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  millerite 
  n  :  a  yellow  mineral  consisting  of  nickel  sulfide;  a  minor 
  source  of  nickel 




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