cobaltite

[ koh-bawl-tahyt, koh-bawl-tahyt ]

/ koʊˈbɔl taɪt, ˈkoʊ bɔlˌtaɪt /

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noun

a mineral, cobalt arsenic sulfide, CoAsS, silver-white with a reddish tinge: an end member of a series of solid solutions that includes gersdorffite; used as an ore of cobalt.

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Origin of cobaltite

First recorded in 1865–70; cobalt + -ite¹

Words nearby cobaltite

cobalt bloom, cobalt blue, cobalt bomb, cobalt green, cobaltic, cobaltite, cobaltous, cobaltous hydroxide, cobalt violet deep, cobalt violet light, cobalt yellow

How to use cobaltite in a sentence

What should be the percentage composition of pure cobaltite, its formula being CoAsS?
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Massive cobaltite has been found in small amount in the Botallack mine, Cornwall.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cobaltite

cobaltite

cobaltine (ˈkəʊbɔːlˌtiːn, -tɪn)

/ (kəʊˈbɔːltaɪt, ˈkəʊbɔːlˌtaɪt) /

noun

a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS

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