smaltite

American

[smawl-tahyt] / ˈsmɔl taɪt /

Also smaltine

noun

a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.

smaltite British

/ ˈsmɔːltaɪt /

noun

a silver-white to greyish mineral consisting chiefly of cobalt arsenide with nickel in cubic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with silver, nickel, and copper minerals, and is an important ore of cobalt and nickel. Formula: (Co,Ni)As 3-x

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Etymology

Origin of smaltite

First recorded in 1865–70; smalt + -ite ¹

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Cobaltite, smaltite and other sulphides and sulpharsenides of the pyrites group of minerals crystallize in these forms.

From Project Gutenberg

Its chief ores are smaltite and cobaltite, which are arsenides of cobalt, with more or less iron, nickel, and copper.

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