pentlandite

pentlandite [pent-luh n-dahyt] Word Origin noun

1. a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.

Origin of pentlandite 1855–60; French; named after Joseph B. Pentland (died 1873), Irish scientist; see -ite1 British Dictionary definitions for pentlandite pentlandite noun

1. a brownish-yellow mineral consisting of an iron and nickel sulphide in cubic crystalline form: the principal ore of nickel. Formula: (Fe,Ni)S

Word Origin for pentlandite C19: from French; named after J. B. Pentland (1797–1873), Irish scientist who discovered it