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.

   Hypernym: iron ore

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 (hu)
• Italian: limonite f
• Romanian: limonit (ro) n
• Spanish: limonita (es) f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Limonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “limonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

limonite f (plural limonites)

1. limonite

Further reading

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

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