siderite
Americannoun
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Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
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a meteorite consisting almost entirely of metallic minerals.
noun
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Also called: chalybite. a pale yellow to brownish-black mineral consisting chiefly of iron carbonate in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs mainly in ore veins and sedimentary rocks and is an important source of iron. Formula: FeCO 3
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a meteorite consisting principally of metallic iron
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Etymology
Origin of siderite
1570–80, in sense “loadstone”; 1845–50 siderite for def. 1; sider- + -ite 1; in obsolete sense, variant of siderites < Latin sidērītēs < Greek sidērī́tēs loadstone
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The entrance is flanked by large chunks of ironstone, or siderite, and features crushed brick paving, a reference to the brickyard that operated there for much of the 20th century.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2009
The name siderite is in common use, but it is open to objection since it had earlier been applied to several other species, and is also now used as a group name for meteoric irons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
This siderite is specially interesting on account of its distinctly metallic character.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
There it forms a large deposit, in a granitic vein running through gneiss, and is accompanied by quartz, siderite, galena, blende, chalcopyrite, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
We have said that a noise accompanied the descent of the Rowton siderite, and it is on record that a loud explosion took place when the meteorite fell at Ensisheim.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
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