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smaltite
[ smawl-tahyt ]
noun
- a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
smaltite
/ ˈ²õ³¾É”˱ô³Ù²¹Éª³Ù /
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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smaltite1
C19: from smalt + -ite 1
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Cobaltite, smaltite and other sulphides and sulpharsenides of the pyrites group of minerals crystallize in these forms.
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Its chief ores are smaltite and cobaltite, which are arsenides of cobalt, with more or less iron, nickel, and copper.
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