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US
/ˈɫaɪməˌnaɪt/
]
[ UK /lˈɪmənˌaɪt/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪmənˌaɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
How To Use limonite In A Sentence
- Limonite is not a mineral species as such, but rather a mixture of amorphous hydrous iron oxides.
- In the flats surrounding the veins commercial iron deposits were found as limonite that was derived from the oxidation of iron carbonates (ankerite and/or siderite).
- There are various subtypes: goethite (needle iron ore, pyrrhosiderite): a-FeO (OH), lepidocrocite (ruby glance): b-FeO (OH), limonite: (by appearance) amorphous. 6. Purifying absorbent
- In others, again, are found considerable quantities of soft powdery iron oxide or "gossan," and compounds such as limonite, aluminous clay, etc., which, under the action of the crushing mill become finely divided and float off in water as "slimes," carrying with them atoms of gold, often microscopically small. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
- A novel process was developed to treat the high - aluminum limonite ores.
- In others, again, are found considerable quantities of soft powdery iron oxide or "gossan," and compounds such as limonite, aluminous clay, etc., which, under the action of the crushing mill become finely divided and float off in water as "slimes," carrying with them atoms of gold, often microscopically small. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
- The walls of molds of this material are commonly lined by a thin coating of limonite.
- The quantity usually used is 5% and it has proved to be attractive for stabilizing sandy soils, clayey and silty sandy soils, soils rich in limonite (some laterites) in arid regions, and in general soils which lack cohesion. Chapter 11
- Frank Knaus found crude 3.1-cm pyrite cubes covered with a crust of limonite.
- Although some plates are dull and stained by limonite, the clean, bright specimens are very aesthetic.