/skut"euh rud'uyt/ , n.
a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
[ 1865-70; Skutterudit, named after Skutterud in Norway; see -ITE 1 ]