cobaltite [koh-bawl -tahyt, koh -bawl-tahyt] WORD ORIGIN
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 . Origin of cobaltite First recorded in
1865–70; cobalt +
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British Dictionary definitions for cobaltite
cobaltite cobaltine (ˈkəʊbɔːlˌtiːn , -tɪn )
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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