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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of limonite, or resembling it in appearance.

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Examples

  • Also there are found pieces of lignitized wood, concretions of manganese, and limonitic concretions.

    Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937

  • Such limonitic ores are found rather widely distributed through the Appalachian region and in many other parts of the world.

    The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

  • The scandium mineralization is concentrated within the hematitic, limonitic, and saprolitic zones with values up to 350ppm Sc. In the 1980s, 134 rotary air blast (RAB) holes (for 6779 meters) and two diamond drill holes (each 250 meters deep) were drilled in the area exploring several of these Alaskan-type pyroxenite bodies for platinum group.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The goethitic/limonitic group has an iron range of 50-63% Fe with varying levels of silica, alumina, phosphorus and LOI.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The laterite zone, locally up to 40m thick, is layered with hematitic clay at the surface followed by limonitic clay, saprolitic clay, weathered bedrock and finally fresh bedrock.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The laterite zone, locally up to 40m thick, is layered with hematitic clay at the surface followed by limonitic clay, saprolitic clay, weathered bedrock and finally fresh bedrock.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The goethitic/limonitic group has an iron range of 50-63% Fe with varying levels of silica, alumina, phosphorus and LOI.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The goethitic/limonitic group has an iron range of 50-63% Fe with varying levels of silica, alumina, phosphorus and LOI.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • These faults vary in width from a few meters up to 50 meters and consist of highly fractured and limonitic zones with varying amounts of silicification, brecciation and gold.

    Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA 2010

  • The goethitic/limonitic group has an iron range of 50-63% Fe with varying levels of silica, alumina, phosphorus and LOI.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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