Millerite


[mil-uh-rahyt] /ˈmɪl əˌraɪt/

noun
1.
a mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
[mil-uh-rahyt] /ˈmɪl əˌraɪt/
noun
1.
a follower of William Miller, a U.S. preacher who taught that the Second Advent of Christ and the beginning of the millennium were to occur in 1843.
/ˈmɪləˌraɪt/
noun
1.
a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: a minor ore of nickel. Formula: NiS

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