kidney ore

noun

geology a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses

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The reniform masses are known as kidney ore.

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In the Carboniferous rocks of Pennsylvania and neighbouring States to the south and west, layers of ferrous carbonate, formed when there was an excess of organic matter present, termed black-band ore and kidney ore, occur.

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