goethite

English

Etymology

From German Goethit, named for German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; by surface analysis, Goethe +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡœtaɪt/, /ˈɡoʊθaɪt/

Noun

goethite (countable and uncountable, plural goethites)

1. (mineralogy) An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust and in mineral form is an ore.

   Hypernym: iron ore

   • 2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface:

     Recent work has shown that the teeth of limpets approximate to an almost ideal model natural composite material where high aspect ratio mineral nanofibres of goethite reinforce a protein matrix.

Derived terms

• hydrogoethite

Translations

an iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust

• Catalan: goethita f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: götiit
• Finnish: götiitti
• French: goethite (fr) f
• German: Goethit (de) m
• Italian: goethite f
• Portuguese: goethita f
• Russian: гёти́т (ru) m (gjotít)
• Spanish: goethita f, goetita f
• Swedish: goethit c
• Thai: เกอไทต์ (gertai)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Goethite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “goethite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

goethite f (plural goethites)

1. goethite