- chloanthite
- \\klōˈanˌthīt\ noun
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Etymology: German chloanthit, from Greek chloanthēs budding, pale (from chloos light green color + -anthēs blooming, flowered) + German -it -ite; from its frequent green coating — more at glow, -anthes: a mineral NiAs2-3 consisting of nickel arsenide isomorphous with skutterudite, smaltite, and nickel-skutterudite and being white or grayish with metallic luster and usually massive
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/kloh an"thuyt/, n.Mineral. a nickel-rich variety of skutterudite, used as an ore of nickel.[ < Gk chloanth(és) (chlo- (s. of chlóe; see CHLOE) + -anthes comb. form, akin to ánthos flower) + -ITE1]* * *
chloanthite /klō-anˈthīt/nounA valuable nickel ore, nickel arsenide occurring in the cubic systemORIGIN: From Gr chloanthēs sprouting* * *
chloanthite Min.(kləʊˈænθaɪt)[(1845) f. Gr. χλοανθής budding, sprouting, f. χλόη a young green shoot.]A variety of smaltite containing a large proportion of nickel. (Dana, 1850.)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.