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Definition: ERYTHRITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic.[Wordnet]
2. A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.[Websters]
3. A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Erythrite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Erythrite \E*ryth"rite\, noun. [from Greek expression 'eryqro`s red.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ERYTHRITE

Domain Definition
Chemistry Red or pink mineral; it is isomorphous with annabergite, and may contain some nickel; occurs in monoclinic crystals, in globular and reniform masses, or in earthy forms as a weathering product of cobalt ores in the upper (oxidized) part of veins. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining A monoclinic mineral, 2[Co3 (AsO4 )2 .8H2 O] ; forms a series with annbergite and with hoernesite; occurs in soft pink to crimson crystals, globular or reniform masses, or earthy encrustations as a weathering product of cobalt ores in the oxidized parts of nickel-arsenic-silver-bearing veins; used as ore indicator for cobalt and possibly silver. Syn:erythrinecobalt ocher; peachblossom ore. (references)
Wikipedic Erythrite is a secondary hydrated arsenate of cobalt minerals with the formula (Co3(AsO4)2�8H2O). Erythrite and annabergite (Ni3(AsO4)2�8H2O) (nickel arsenate) form a complete series with the general formula (Co,Ni)3(AsO4)2�8H2O. (references)

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Extended Definition: ERYTHRITE

Erythrite

Erythrite crystals (red veins)
Erythrite from Morocco
Erythrite from Poland.

Erythrite or red cobalt is a secondary hydrated arsenate of cobalt minerals with the formula (Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O). Erythrite and annabergite (Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O) (nickel arsenate) form a complete series with the general formula (Co,Ni)3(AsO4)2·8H2O.

  • Hardness: 1.5-2.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness.
  • Luster: (In crystals) Adamantine to vitreous, but pearly on cleavage. (As a crust) Earthy.
  • Specific Gravity: 3.06
  • Cleavage: {010} Perfect.

Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclinic system and forms prismatic crystals. The color is crimson to pink and occurs as a secondary coating known as cobalt bloom on cobalt arsenide minerals. Well-formed crystals are rare, with most of the mineral manifesting in crusts or small reniform aggregates.

Erythrite takes its name from the Greek erythros, meaning red. Historically, erythrite itself has not been an economically important mineral, but the prospector may use it as a guide to associated cobalt and native silver. Erythrite has also been used to color glass.

Notable localities are Cobalt, Ontario , Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany, and Bou Azzer, Morocco, discovered in 2000.

Other varieties

The nickel variety, annabergite, occurs as a light green nickel bloom on nickel arsenides. In addition iron, magnesium and zinc can also substitute for the cobalt position, creating three other minerals: parasymplesite (Fe), hornesite (Mg), and kottigite (Zn). Also vivianite, a rare mineral which is a weathering product of primary iron-manganese phosphates in pegmatites.

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Topics by Level of Interest: ERYTHRITE

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Synonyms: erythrite
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Other

 erythritol, erythroglucin, phycite.

Expression

 cobalt bloom, cobaltous arsenate.
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Computed Synonyms: erythrite

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 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   16.0090   erythrite     red cobalt     cobalt bloom, erythrine, peachblossom ore, coral tree, erythritol   
 2   16.0089   erythrite     cobalt ocher     cobalt bloom, red cobalt, peachblossom ore, erythrine, coral tree   
 3   12.1798   erythrite     erythrine     peachblossom ore, red cobalt, cobalt ocher, cobalt bloom, erythritol   
 4   12.1085   erythrite     peachblossom ore     cobalt bloom, erythrine, red cobalt, erythritol   
 5   1.1091   erythrite     coral tree     cobalt ocher, red cobalt   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ERYTHRITE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Brazilian Portuguese eritrina (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, coral tree, erythrite, red cobalt), flor de cobalto (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrite, red cobalt). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 赤藓醇 (erythrite, erythritol), 赤藓糖醇 (erythrite, erythritol). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch erythriet (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish erytriini (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Français érythrite (erythrite, erythritol), érythrinol (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), érythrine (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), fleur de cobalt (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
French érythrite (erythrite, erythritol), érythrinol (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), érythrine (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), fleur de cobalt (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek ερυθρίτης (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), άνθος κοβαλτίου (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) erithritis (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), anthos kovaltioi (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese コバルト華 (erythrite), エリトリトール (erythrite). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese flor de cobalto (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrite, red cobalt), eritrina (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrite, red cobalt). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi koboltblomma (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), erytrin (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) mineral eritrit (erythrite), kobalt arsenat (erythrite). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish flor de cobalto (erythrine, peachblossom ore, cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrite), eritrita (erythrine, erythritol, peachblossom ore, cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea erytriini (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi erytriini (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska koboltblomma (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), erytrin (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish koboltblomma (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore), erytrin (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, erythrite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ERYTHRITE

Language Translations for “erythrite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagerythathagrathagite (erythrite). Additional references: Athag, erythrite. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agerythagragite (erythrite). Additional references: Double Dutch, erythrite. (volunteer)
Leet £|2j7[-]|2|7£ (erythrite). Additional references: Leet, erythrite. (volunteer)
Oppish operythopropite (erythrite). Additional references: Oppish, erythrite. (volunteer)
Pig Latin erythriteway (erythrite). Additional references: Pig Latin, erythrite. (volunteer)
Terran B eryoriin (erythrite). Additional references: Terran B, erythrite. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi uberythubrubite (erythrite). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, erythrite. (volunteer)
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