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lepidocrocite

[ lep-i-doh-kroh-sahyt ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lepidocrocite1

1815–25; < German Lepidokrokit < Greek lepido- lepido- + Greek krók ( ē ) thread, fiber + German -it -ite 1

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