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sideritic

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sid⋅er⋅ite

  [sid-uh-rahyt]
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–noun
1. Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO3, usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
2. a meteorite consisting almost entirely of metallic minerals.
Origin:
1570–80, in sense “loadstone”; 1845–50 for def. 1; sider- + -ite 1 ; in obs. sense, var. of siderites < L sidērītēs < Gk sidērtēs loadstone

Related forms:
sid⋅er⋅it⋅ic  [sid-uh-rit-ik] , adjective
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sid·er·ite   (sĭd'ə-rīt')   
n.  

  1. An ore of iron, FeCO3.

  2. A meteorite consisting mainly of iron and nickel.

sid'er·it'ic (-ə-rĭt'ĭk) adj.
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