taconite

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Etymology[edit]

From Taconic +‎ -ite, after the Taconic Mountains. The name Taconic is from a Lenape language.

Noun[edit]

taconite (countable and uncountable, plural taconites)

  1. A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron.

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