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turgite en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A ferric hydrate, 2Fe₂O₃H₂O, closely related to hematite and limonite.
   • The fibrous mineral turgite is variable in composition, and considerable evidence is given that it probably represents solid solutions of goethite with hematite with enclosed and capillary water. 1937, Charles Freeman Jackson, Eugene Delos Gardner, Stoping Methods and Cost, number 391, page 50:
   • The Bakal' deposit is a relatively rare type of iron deposit; the ores are siderites, grading in the oxidized zone into brown ironstones and turgites. 1969, Geophysical Abstracts, numbers 268-271, page 679:

Forms

Deriveds

turgitic

Synonyms

hydrohematite · esmeraldite · lepidocrocite