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taconite definition

☆ taco·nite (tak′ə nīt′)

noun

an iron-bearing chert containing from 25 to 35 percent hematite and magnetite: it is a low-grade iron ore that is pelletized for blast-furnace reduction

Etymology: < Taconic, old name for rock formations first identified in the Taconic Range (in Vt. and Mass.) + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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