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== Description ==
  
A blue-gray metallic cobalt nickel arsenide mineral. Smaltite was discovered near Bohemia in the 16th century. It was used in Saxony glass factories to make a blue glass frit called [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=smalt smalt].
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A blue-gray metallic cobalt nickel arsenide mineral (CoAs2). Smaltite was discovered near Bohemia in the 16th century. It was used in Saxony glass factories to make a blue glass frit called [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=smalt smalt].
  
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== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
 
  
 
* R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, ''Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia'', Dover Publications, New York, 1966
 
* R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, ''Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia'', Dover Publications, New York, 1966

Latest revision as of 12:41, 31 May 2022

Description

A blue-gray metallic cobalt nickel arsenide mineral (CoAs2). Smaltite was discovered near Bohemia in the 16th century. It was used in Saxony glass factories to make a blue glass frit called smalt.

Resources and Citations

  • R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966