siderite

See also: Siderite and sidérite

English

Siderite (FECO₃)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σιδηρῖτις (sidērîtis, “loadstone”).

Noun

siderite (countable and uncountable, plural siderites)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite
2. (countable) an iron meteorite
3. An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
4. (obsolete) magnetic iron ore; lodestone

Synonyms

• chalybite
• sparry iron
• spathic iron

Derived terms

• aerosiderite
• holosiderite
• mesosiderite
• oligosiderite
• phosphosiderite
• sideritic
• spherosiderite

 

Translations

a mineral, iron(II) carbonate

• Finnish: sideriitti
• French: sidérite (fr) f
• German: Siderit m
• Italian: siderite (it) f
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• Portuguese: siderita f
• Spanish: siderita f

an iron meteorite

• French: sidérite (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: siderito m

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

siderite f (plural sideriti)

1. (mineralogy) siderite