Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous arseniate of iron, usually occurring in orthorhombic crystals of a pale leek-green or liver-brown color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-dipyramidal
mineral containingarsenic ,hydrogen ,iron , andoxygen .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another gold occurrence referred to as the Hart Showing is situated 1 km southwest of the Bonanza Zone and consists of a small exposure of vuggy grey silica talus with variable amounts of scorodite alteration.
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