Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rare silver-white to gray mineral, cobalt sulfarsenide, CoAsS, that is a cobalt ore and is used in ceramics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sulpharsenide of cobalt. It is a mineral of a silver-white color, with a tinge of red, occurring in isometric crystals, often cubes or pyritohedrons. Also called
cobalt-glance .
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- noun mineralogy A rare, gray
mineral , a mixedsulfide andarsenide ofcobalt andiron with thechemical formula Co As S ; it is anore of cobalt.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt
Etymologies
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Examples
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Closeups of cobaltite, top, a rare ore of cobalt, and molybdenite, bottom, the main ore of molybdenum.
LME to Broaden Metals Reach Liam Pleven 2010
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The principal cobalt minerals are smaltite (cobalt arsenide), cobaltite
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What should be the percentage composition of pure cobaltite, its formula being CoAsS?
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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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. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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In a recent project Consolidated Professor Mines Ltd (CPML) contracted XPS to simultaneously define viable pyrometallurgical treatment options to remove arsenic from its cobaltite concentrate, maximise recovery of cobalt and silver and develop environmentally sound solutions to safely dispose the arsenic.
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Unfortunately I didn't have enough cobaltite to make all the blue gears on the upper deck so I used orthoclase instead.
Boing Boing Rob Beschizza 2010
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Clean to how the online loan bad credit cobaltite it insultingly sensationally, spacewards slump do headstrong canary and they are unblended we hydraulic comstock.
Rational Review 2009
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