n.
A yellowish-brown nickel iron sulfide that is the principal ore of nickel.
[French, after Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873), Irish scientist.]
pentlandite
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pent·land·ite (pĕnt'lən-dīt') 
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A yellowish-brown nickel iron sulfide that is the principal ore of nickel.
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A mineral having composition (Fe,Ni)9S8. Pentlandite is the major ore of nickel. It is usually massive, showing a well-defined octahedral parting. The hardness is 3.5–4 (Mohs scale) and the specific gravity varies from 4.6 to 5.0, depending on the ratio of iron to nickel; greater amounts of iron cause an increase in the specific gravity. The luster is metallic and the color yellowish bronze. Pentlandite is found at many localities in small amounts, but its chief occurrence is at Sudbury, Ontario, where it is mined on a large scale. See also Nickeline.
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pentlandite (pĕnt'ləndīt), yellowish-bronze, opaque mineral, a sulfide of iron and nickel, (Fe,Ni)9S8. It is found in masses nearly always associated with the iron sulfide pyrrhotite. The largest deposit of this important ore of nickel is at Sudbury, Ont. Important deposits are mined in Manitoba, Russia, and W Australia.
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a mineral (iron-nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
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- Sulfide phase equilibria (geochemistry)
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