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Cobaltite
Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel.[3] Structuraly it resembles pyrite (FeS2) with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom. Additional recommended knowledgeAlthough rare it is mined as a significant source of the strategically important metal cobalt. Secondary weathering incrustations of erythrite, hydrated cobalt arsenate, are common. The name is from the German, Kobold, "underground spirit" in allusion to the refusal of cobaltiferous ores to smelt properly.[4] It occurs in high temperature hydrothermal deposits and contact metamorphic rocks. It occurs in association with magnetite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, skutterudite, allanite, zoisite, scapolite, titanite, calcite along with numerous other Co–Ni sulfides and arsenides.[1] It was described as early as 1832 and its type locality is Cobalt, Ontario.[2] It is found chiefly in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Cornwall, England, Canada, Australia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Morocco.[1][3] References
Categories: Cobalt minerals | Iron minerals | Arsenic minerals | Sulfosalt minerals |
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