smaltite meaning in Hindi

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Smaltite occurs in veins with ores of cobalt, nickel, copper and silver.
Smaltite is a synonym for the mineral.
Associated minerals include : bismutite, smaltite, native bismuth, atelestite, erythrite, malachite and barite.
It is formed by the alteration of smaltite ( Co, Fe, Ni ) As 2 and sphalerite ZnS . in oxidized zones of arsenical ores containing zinc.
Smaltite crystallizes in the cubic system with the same hemihedral symmetry as pyrite; crystals have usually the form of cubes or cubo-octahedra, but are imperfectly developed and of somewhat rare occurrence.
The name of the element cobalt comes from the creature's name, because medieval miners blamed the sprite for the poisonous and troublesome nature of the typical arsenical ores of this metal ( cobaltite and smaltite ) which polluted other mined elements.

noun.

a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel