chloanthite

American

[kloh-an-thahyt] / kloʊˈæn θaɪt /

noun

Mineralogy. a nickel-rich variety of skutterudite, used as an ore of nickel.

chloanthite British

/ kləʊˈænθaɪt /

noun

a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore

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Etymology

Origin of chloanthite

< Greek chloanth ( ḗs ) ( chlo- (stem of chlóē; see Chloe) + -anthēs combining form, akin to ánthos flower) + -ite ¹

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Kupfernickel and chloanthite are arsenides of nickel with, generally, more or less iron and cobalt.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

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