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LIMONITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limonite mean?
• LIMONITE (noun)
The noun LIMONITE has 1 sense:
1. a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
Familiarity information: LIMONITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("limonite" is a kind of...):
iron ore (an ore from which iron can be extracted)
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