cobaltine

Noun

cobaltine (countable and uncountable, plural cobaltines)

1. Synonym of cobaltite.
   • The observation of Schrauf and Dana, that the same thermoelectrical peculiarities are shown by a holohedral mineral of the same crystalline system to which iron pyrites and cobaltine belong, will clearly not strengthen the position taken up by Rose.1882, Philosophical Magazine, page 477
   • Norway possesses important cobalt deposits at Skuttemd, where be ore is chiefly cobaltine, associated with arsenical and iron pyrites, in bands of quartz-schist and mica-schist, which Prof. Le Neve Foster defines as beds in altered sedimentary strata, while others describe the formation as gneissic.1895, Charles George Warnford Lock, Economic Mining, page 411

   Synonyms:

   cobaltite