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lepidocrocite

[ lep-i-doh-kroh-sahyt ]

/ ˌlɛp ɪ doʊˈkroʊ saɪt /

noun

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

Nearby words

lepenski vir, leper, leper house, lepidic, lepido-, lepidocrocite, lepidolite, lepidoptera, lepidopteran, lepidopterist, lepidopterology

Origin of lepidocrocite

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

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