turgite

turgite

English

Noun

turgite (countable and uncountable, plural turgites)

1. (mineralogy) A ferric hydrate, 2Fe₂O₃H₂O, closely related to hematite and limonite.

   Synonyms: esmeraldite, hydrohematite, lepidocrocite

   • 1969, Geophysical Abstracts (issues 268-271, page 679)

     The Bakal' deposit is a relatively rare type of iron deposit; the ores are siderites, grading in the oxidized zone into brown ironstones and turgites.

   • 1937, Charles Freeman Jackson, ‎Eugene Delos Gardner, Stoping Methods and Cost (issue 391, page 50)

     The fibrous mineral turgite is variable in composition, and considerable evidence is given that it probably represents solid solutions of goethite with hematite with enclosed and capillary water.

Derived terms

• turgitic

Further reading

• “turgite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.