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limonite

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li·mo·nite  (lm-nt)
n.
Any of a group of widely occurring yellowish-brown to black iron oxide minerals, essentially FeO(OH)·nH2O, used as a minor ore of iron.

[German Limonit, from Greek leimn, meadow.]

limo·nitic (-ntk) adj.
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Noun1.limonite - a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
iron ore - an ore from which iron can be extracted


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The breccia matrix bears 8-10% fine grained, limonite casts and medium grained boxwork suggesting mixed massive sulfides as protore.
The mineralization is predominantly characterized as saprolite and transitional material and only a minor component of limonite (approximately 12%).
Oxide mineralization comprising cuprite, malachite, azurite, limonite associated with 1-3% quartz veins was noted to a depth of 314m.
 
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