Smaltite
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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 smalt.
| Composition | CoAs2 |
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Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966