Definitions
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- noun a greenish gray or black silicate of iron and aluminum.
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- noun mineralogy A monoclinic-prismatic
mineral containingaluminum ,hydrogen ,iron ,magnesium ,oxygen , andsilicon .
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- noun a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum
Etymologies
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Iron likewise combines with a considerable variety of substances other than oxygen; and some of these compounds, as for instance iron carbonate (siderite), iron silicate (chamosite, glauconite, etc.), and iron sulphide (pyrite), are locally mined as iron ores.
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