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PENTLANDITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pentlandite mean?
• PENTLANDITE (noun)
The noun PENTLANDITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
Familiarity information: PENTLANDITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("pentlandite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "pentlandite"):
atomic number 28; Ni; nickel (a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite)
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