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1. (n.) limonite
a brown-to-yellow mineral mixture, mostly noncrystalline iron hydroxide with hematite and goethite: an ore of iron.
Etymology: (1815–25; < Gk leimṒn meadow + -ite1 (so called from its typical location, in bogs or wet meadows))
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1. (noun) limonite
a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
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1. (noun) limonite
hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite
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