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Definition of smaltite in English: smaltitenoun ˈsmɔːltʌɪtˈsmɒltʌɪtˈsmɔltaɪt mass nounA grey metallic mineral consisting chiefly of cobalt arsenide, typically occurring as cubic or octahedral crystals. Example sentencesExamples - Associated minerals in the high-grade veins are calcite, ‘smaltite,’ nicoline, bismuth, and lesser pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, millerite, and chalcopyrite.
- The primary ores of cobalt are cobaltite, erythrite, and smaltite.
- Cobalt is found in the minerals cobaltite, smaltite and erythrite.
- Cobalt occurs in the mineral cobaltite, smaltite, and erythrite, and is often associated with nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores, from which it is most frequently obtained as a by-product.
- It usually occurs in the form of a compound with its most common minerals being cobaltite, smaltite, chloranthite, and linnaeite.
Origin Mid 19th century: from smaltine (a rare word with the same sense) + -ite1. Definition of smaltite in US English: smaltitenounˈsmɔltaɪtˈsmôltīt A metallic-gray mineral consisting chiefly of cobalt arsenide, typically occurring as cubic or octahedral crystals. Example sentencesExamples - Cobalt occurs in the mineral cobaltite, smaltite, and erythrite, and is often associated with nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores, from which it is most frequently obtained as a by-product.
- The primary ores of cobalt are cobaltite, erythrite, and smaltite.
- Associated minerals in the high-grade veins are calcite, ‘smaltite,’ nicoline, bismuth, and lesser pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, millerite, and chalcopyrite.
- It usually occurs in the form of a compound with its most common minerals being cobaltite, smaltite, chloranthite, and linnaeite.
- Cobalt is found in the minerals cobaltite, smaltite and erythrite.
Origin Mid 19th century: from smaltine (a rare word with the same sense) + -ite. |