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smaltite

NOUN
  1. a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel

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  • There is a cutting through the rock of solid smaltite. Cobalt Mineral Conditions
  • 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.
  • Its chief ores are smaltite and cobaltite, which are arsenides of cobalt, with more or less iron, nickel, and copper. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • The mineral which contains cobalt is arsenide, known as smaltite. Cobalt Mineral Conditions
  • It usually occurs in the form of a compound with its most common minerals being cobaltite, smaltite, chloranthite, and linnaeite.
  • This covers the tin and fluorite mines of the Bushveld Complex, and there are samples of cassiterite from the Rooiberg mine, fluorite from the Buffalo Fluospar mine, and a smaltite specimen from Buffelsfontein, Groblersdal.
  • The principal cobalt minerals are smaltite (cobalt arsenide), cobaltite The Economic Aspect of Geology
  • 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.
  • Associated minerals in the high-grade veins are calcite, ‘smaltite,’ nicoline, bismuth, and lesser pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, millerite, and chalcopyrite.
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