erythriten.
/ɛˈrɪθrʌɪt/ 1. Mineralogy.
a. = cobalt-bloom n. at cobalt n. Compounds 2.
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1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 559 Erythrite when abundant is valuable for the manufacture of smalt.
b. ‘A flesh-coloured feldspar, containing 3 per cent. magnesia, found in amygdaloid’ (Watts Dict. Chem. 1882).
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1844 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) 351 The Erythrite of Thomson..is a flesh colored feldspar.
2. Chemistry. An organic substance obtainable from erythrin.
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1865 A. W. Williamson Chem. for Students li. §312 The formula of erithrite is C4H10O4.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 320 The only tetratomic alcohol as yet known is erythrite.
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