"limonite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limonites [plural]
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  1. (mineralogy) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: iron ore Related terms: limonitic, limonitization Translations (mineral consisting of hydrous iron oxides): limoniet (Dutch), limoniitti (Finnish), järvimalmi (Finnish), limonite [feminine] (French), Limonit [masculine] (German), limonit (Hungarian), limonite [feminine] (Italian), 褐鉄鉱 (kattekkou) (Japanese), limonit [neuter] (Romanian), limonita [feminine] (Spanish)

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