Well attestedNamed from the place
skutterudite
noun · first attested 1845
The cobalt from these mines colored the blue of European glass and porcelain for a century.
A cobalt arsenide mineral, an important cobalt ore.
59.9575°N 9.9828°E · Q484001
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1845
- Part of speech
- noun
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Modum Municipality
- In English
skutterudite
Wilhelm von Haidinger named skutterudite in 1845 for the Skutterud mines at Modum in Buskerud, Norway, which fed the Blaafarveværket works, once the largest cobalt blue pigment producer in the world. The mines ran from 1778 until 1898. The type locality is Skutterud at Modum, not the unrelated village of Skotterud near the Swedish border in Eidskog.
Norway
All 8 entries 7 more words from Norway
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