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limonite noun. E19.
[German Limonit, prob. from Greek leimon meadow, after the earlier German name Wiesenerz lit. 'meadow-ore': see -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. An amorphous secondary material now recognized as a mixture of hydrous ferric oxides and important as an iron ore.
limo'nitic adjective containing or resembling limonite L19.