limonite
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of limonite
1815–25; < Greek leimṓn meadow + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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On the regulatory front, implementation of Indonesia’s mineral reference price for nickel is likely to boost limonite pricing, possibly by up to 100%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The person did not specify how much the smelter is buying but said the purchases are of low-grade limonite ore.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
At first, the cargo hold appeared to match the description on the manifest: 2,300 tons of loose yellow rocks called limonite, a kind of iron ore.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2017
The results of this process are illustrated in Figure 5.10, which shows a granitic rock in which some of the biotite and amphibole have been altered to form the iron oxide mineral limonite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Usually they are covered with a dark brown crust of limonite produced by weathering; occasionally imperfect crystalline faces may bound them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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