Siderite
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite. uncountable
- 2 a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron wordnet
- 3 an iron meteorite countable
- 4 iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate wordnet
- 5 An indigo-blue variety of quartz. countable, uncountable
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- 6 magnetic iron ore; lodestone countable, obsolete, uncountable
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σιδηρίτης (sidērítēs, “made of iron”), from Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron”), or from Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek σιδηρῖτις (sidērîtis, “loadstone”). By surface analysis, sider- + -ite.
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