limonite

See also: Limonite

English

Noun

limonite (countable and uncountable, plural limonites)

1. (mineralogy) any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide

Translations

mineral consisting of hydrous iron oxides

• Dutch: limoniet
• Finnish: limoniitti (fi), järvimalmi (fi)
• French: limonite (fr) f
• German: Limonit m
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• Hungarian: limonit
• Romanian: limonit (ro) n
• Spanish: limonita (es) f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Limonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “limonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.