Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Hydrated silicate of iron; a variety of chloropal occurring in small yellow nodules embedded in an ore of manganese. It is found in France in the arrondissement of Nontron, department of Dordogne.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy An iron-rich clay mineral of the montmorillonite group
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nontronite’.
-
Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for nontronite.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.