siderite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σιδηρίτης (sidērítēs, “made of iron”), from Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron”), or from Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek σιδηρῖτις (sidērîtis, “loadstone”). By surface analysis, sider- + -ite.
Noun
[edit]siderite (countable and uncountable, plural siderites)
- (uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO3, having the structure of calcite.
- Hypernym: iron ore
- (countable) an iron meteorite
- An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
- (obsolete) magnetic iron ore; lodestone
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a mineral, iron(II) carbonate
an iron meteorite
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Siderite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “siderite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siderite f (plural sideriti)
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