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smaltite

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Related Topics:: sulfide mineral; arsenide; skutterudite

smaltite, a cobalt-rich, arsenic-poor member of a series of cobalt nickel arsenide minerals (see skutterudite).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.