sideritic

Variant of siderite

noun

  1. a yellowish to brownish, semihard mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO, that is a valuable ore of iron
  2. Obsolete a meteorite consisting chiefly of iron

Origin: Ger siderit < L siderites, lodestone < Gr sideritēs < sidēros, iron: Early ModE siderite, lodestone < L

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