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limonite

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li⋅mo⋅nite

  [lahy-muh-nahyt]
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–noun Mineralogy.
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
Origin:
1815–25; < Gk leimn meadow + -ite 1

Related forms:
li⋅mo⋅nit⋅ic  [lahy-muh-nit-ik] , adjective
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li·mo·nite   (lī'mə-nīt')   
n.  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.

[German Limonit, from Greek leimōn, meadow.]
li'mo·nit'ic (-nĭt'ĭk) adj.
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