hercynite
[ hur-suh-nahyt ]
noun
a black oxide mineral, FeAl2O4, of the spinel group.
Origin of hercynite
1<German Hercynit (1839), equivalent to Latin Hercyn(ia silva) the Hercynian Forest (referring to the Erz Mountains and other wooded ranges N of the Danube) + German -it-ite1
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How to use hercynite in a sentence
Some of the alumina and iron oxide may occasionally be chemically combined, so as to form an iron spinel, or hercynite.
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