skutterudite

See also: Skutterudite

English

Etymology

From Skutterud +‎ -ite, after the old spelling of the town of Skotterud in Norway.

Noun

skutterudite (plural skutterudites)

  1. (mineralogy) A class of mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals

Further reading
  • “Skutterudite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “skutterudite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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