Hypertext Webster Gateway: "limonite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limonite \Li"mon*ite\ (l[imac]"m[o^]n*[imac]t), n. [Gr. leimw`n
any moist grassy place, a meadow : cf. F. limonite, G.
limonit.] (Min.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
limonite
n : a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and
hematite and lepidocrocite
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