skutterudite

See also: Skutterudite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

skutterudite (countable and uncountable, plural skutterudites)

(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals.

Skutterudite

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Skutterudite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“skutterudite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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