niccolite Min.
(ˈnɪkəlaɪt)
[f. mod.L. niccolum nickel + -ite1 4.]
Native arsenide of nickel; copper-nickel, nickeline.
| 1868 Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 5) 61 The name..should be written Niccoline, or better Niccolite, in place of Beudant's Nickeline. 1892 Geol. Survey Canada V. ii. 45 r, Niccolite.., when pure, contains in one hundred parts 44·1 of nickel and 55·9 of arsenic. |