Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous oxid of iron, occurring in mammillary or stalactitic masses much resembling limonite, from which, however, it is easily distinguished by its red streak. Also called
hydrohematite .
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Hard block ore, with less than five per cent. water, and hence to be classified as turgite.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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