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skutterudite

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skut⋅te⋅rud⋅ite

  [skuht-uh-ruhd-ahyt]
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–noun
a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As3, with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
Origin:
1865–70; < G Skutterudit, named after Skutterud in Norway; see -ite 1
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skutterudite

one of a series of cobalt and nickel arsenide minerals that occur with other cobalt and nickel minerals in moderate-temperature veins. The members of the series, which all form crystals of isometric symmetry, are skutterudite and smaltite; their compositions approach that of (Co,Fe,Ni)As23.

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