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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limonite \Li"mon*ite\ (l[imac]"m[o^]n*[imac]t), n. [Gr. leimw`n
any moist grassy place a meadow : cf F. limonite, G.
limonit.] (Min.)
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron,
occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a
dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog
iron. Also called {brown hematite}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
limonite
n : a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and
hematite and lepidocrocite
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