cobalt bloom

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   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

   Synonymserythrite

   Broadermineral

Questions about cobalt bloom

What does cobalt bloom mean?

cobalt bloom means "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".

What is another word for cobalt bloom?

Close synonyms include erythrite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cobalt bloom a common word?

cobalt bloom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.