siderite

siderite

See also: Siderite and sidérite

English

Siderite (FECO₃)

Etymology

Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from 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
• xanthosiderite

 

Translations

a mineral, iron(II) carbonate

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

an iron meteorite

French: sidérite (fr) f Spanish: siderito m

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.deˈri.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: si‧de‧rì‧te

Noun

siderite f (plural sideriti)

1. (mineralogy) siderite

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