limonite

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.

Related terms

• limonitic

Translations

mineral consisting of hydrous iron oxides

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

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Limonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “limonite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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French

Noun

limonite f (plural limonites)

1. limonite

Further reading

• “limonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.moˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: li‧mo‧nì‧te

Noun

limonite f (plural limoniti)

1. (mineralogy) limonite

Related terms

• limonitico

Anagrams

• limoneti, metilino, milonite