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Name: Greenockite
Gnk
IMA Chemistry: CdS
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Greenockite contains elements:
Cadmium (Cd)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: United Kingdom
Year First Published: 1840
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Thompson T (1840) Notice of greenockite, a new mineral species of the order blende, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 28, 390-292
Structural Group Name: Wurtzite
Fleischer's Group Name: wurtzite
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
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