maghemite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After the beginnings of magnetite and hematite in 1927, because of magnetism and similar arrangement of elements.[1]

Noun[edit]

maghemite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: "Dana's new mineralogy", pp. 229-230. John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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