greenockite

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• Nearly the only cadmium mineral known is the sulphide, greenockite, but no deposits of this mineral have been found of sufficient volume to be called cadmium ores. The Economic Aspect of Geology
• The zinc oxide minerals in the surficial zone also are sometimes colored yellow by small amounts of greenockite. The Economic Aspect of Geology
• Cadmium sulphide, CdS, occurs naturally as greenockite (_q. v._), and can be artificially prepared by passing sulphuretted hydrogen through acid solutions of soluble cadmium salts, when it is precipitated as a pale yellow amorphous solid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
• Cadmium occurs in nature as cadmium sulphide in greenockite, CdS, which is very rare. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
• Sphalerite almost always contains a little cadmium, probably as the sulphide; and in zinc deposits crystals of sphalerite in cavities are frequently covered with a greenish-yellow film or coating of greenockite. The Economic Aspect of Geology
• Inclusions of greenockite have been found coexisting with sphalerite.
• The only important ore of cadmium is greenockite, or cadmium sulfide (CdS).
• Upon this table also are deposited Lord Greenock's sulphuret of cadmium, commonly called greenockite; and sulphurets of nickel. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
• Kunz and Baskerville refer to a fluorescent greenockite from Franklin, but no data are given, and the description is of limited utility.
• One exciting find was a thumbnail with a patch of greenockite and flecks of native copper; later, under higher magnification, some of the copper was found to be crystallized.