millerite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel

WordNet

Mil"ler*ite noun
Definitions
  1. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.
Mil"ler*ite noun
Etymology
From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites.

Webster 1913