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- Cadmium - n. - A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
- Greenockite - n. - Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.