Definition of "niccolite" []

• A nickel ore, essentially nickel arsenide, NiAs, found in America and Europe. (noun)

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• "From very early times nickel-bearing minerals, such as niccolite, were mixed with glass to create green glass."
• "When nickel was extracted from niccolite, the mineral name was a logical source of the name for the element, nickel."
• "He named the new metal nickel after the mineral name of niccolite."