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
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