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Definition of Smaltite

1. Noun. A grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel.

Definition of Smaltite

1. Noun. (minerology) A variety of skutterudite with the chemical formula (Co,Fe,Ni)As₂, crystallizing in the cubic system. ¹

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Definition of Smaltite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Smaltite

1. A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Synonym: speiskobalt. See: Smalt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Smaltite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Gravimetric, Electrolytic by John Charles Olsen (1916)
"The tube containing about one gram of the smaltite is carefully weighed. ... On raising the flask upright and tapping the tube gently the smaltite is ..."

2. A Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Gravimetric, Electrolytic by John Charles Olsen (1904)
"The tube containing about one gram of the smaltite is carefully weighed. ... On raising the flask upright and tapping the tube gently the smaltite is ..."

3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"... resembling smaltite, but differing in being orthorhombic, rather than isometric in crystallization. The composition as given by Dana is quite variable, ..."

4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"... resembling smaltite, but differing in being orthorhombic, rather than isometric in crystallization. The composition as given by Dana is quite variable, ..."

5. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"The chief ore minerals in the veins are those of silver, notably native silver and argentite; but these are associated with smaltite, cobaltite, niccolite, ..."

6. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"It is usually found as a product of the alteration of smaltite. It is a very incoherent mass with a styptic taste, and is generally found as a pulverulent ..."

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