chalybite
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -ite
Noun
chalybite (countable and uncountable, plural chalybites)
- (mineralogy) Native iron carbonate.
Synonyms
- siderite
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chalybite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Chalybite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chalybite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.