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Meaning of limonite in English
Pronunciation
/ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt/
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Noun
limonite
Etymology
early 19th century: from German Limonit, probably from Greek leimōn‘meadow’ (suggested by the earlier German name Wiesenerz, literally ‘meadow ore’)
Definitions
1.
a widely occurring iron oxide ore
Examples
« a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite »