limonite

See also: Limonite

English

Noun

limonite (countable and uncountable, plural limonites)

(mineralogy) any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide

Translations

mineral consisting of hydrous iron oxides

Finnish: limoniitti (fi), järvimalmi (fi)
German: Limonit m
Hungarian: limonit

Romanian: limonit (ro) n
Spanish: limonita (es) f

Further reading

“Limonite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
limonite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

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