lepidocrocite

[lep-i-doh-kroh-sahyt]

noun

a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.

Origin of lepidocrocite

1815–25; < German Lepidokrokit < Greek lepido- lepido- + Greek krók(ē) thread, fiber + German -it -ite¹