noun
- Plural of cobaltite; minerals or compounds containing cobalt, especially cobalt sulfide or cobalt arsenide minerals.
Usage: technical; mineralogy
Examples
- Cobaltites are important ore minerals used in the extraction of cobalt.
- The geologist identified several cobaltites in the rock samples from the mine.
- Cobaltites often occur in association with other sulfide minerals.
- Industrial processing of cobaltites yields cobalt metal and compounds.