limonite

(mə nīt′)

noun

a brownish, amorphous mineral mixture of several iron oxides, esp. goethite, used as a coloring agent: sometimes an ore of iron

Origin: < Gr leimōn, meadow, orig., low ground (for IE base see limb) + -ite

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See limonite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of a group of widely occurring yellowish-brown to black iron oxide minerals, essentially FeO(OH)·nH2O, used as a minor ore of iron.

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Origin: German Limonit

Origin: , from Greek leimōn, meadow

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  • liˌmo·nitˈic (-nĭtˈĭk) adjective

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