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)

(uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite
(countable) an iron meteorite
An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
(obsolete) magnetic iron ore; lodestone

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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.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

siderite f (plural sideriti)

(mineralogy) siderite

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