bog-iron ore

[bog-ahy-ern, bawg-]

noun

Mineralogy.

1. a deposit of impure limonite formed in low, wet areas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bog-iron ore¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

These actions are of extreme importance in nature, as their continuation results in the enormous deposits of bog-iron ore, ochre, and—since Molisch has shown that the iron can be replaced by manganese in some bacteria—of manganese ores.

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Bog-iron ore appears often to have originated in this way.

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They dye black, with an ink made of elder bark and a little bog-iron ore dried and powdered, and they have various modes of producing yellow.

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A well-known substance, called bog-iron ore, often met with in peat-mosses, has often been shown by Ehrenberg to consist of innumerable articulated threads, of a yellow ochre colour, composed of silica, argillaceous matter, and peroxide of iron.

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