cobaltite

[ koh-bawl-tahyt, koh-bawl-tahyt ]
/ koʊˈbɔl taɪt, ˈkoʊ bɔlˌtaɪt /

noun

a mineral, cobalt arsenic sulfide, CoAsS, silver-white with a reddish tinge: an end member of a series of solid solutions that includes gersdorffite; used as an ore of cobalt.

Origin of cobaltite

First recorded in 1865–70; cobalt + -ite1

Words nearby cobaltite

cobalt violet deep, cobalt violet light, cobalt yellow, cobaltammine, cobaltic, cobaltite, cobaltous, cobaltous hydroxide, cobb, cobb salad, cobb syndrome

British Dictionary definitions for cobaltite

cobaltite

cobaltine (ˈkəʊbɔːlˌtiːn, -tɪn)

/ (kəʊˈbɔːltaɪt, ˈkəʊbɔːlˌtaɪt) /

noun

a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS