Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous iron silicate, occurring in amorphous compact masses of a black to brownish-black color and conchoidal fracture, in various localities of Scandinavia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy An iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe3+2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O.
Etymologies
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Hisinger + -ite after Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish chemist.
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