Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A coralloid variety of calcium carbonate or aragonite, often found in connection with iron ores.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore.
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- noun mineralogy A variety of
aragonite occurring in delicate whitecoralloidal forms, common in beds ofiron ore .
Etymologies
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Latin, flower of iron.
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