Definition of Goethite

1. Noun. A red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust.

Exact synonyms: Gothite
Substance meronyms: Rust
Generic synonyms: Iron Ore

Definition of Goethite

1. Noun. (minerology) An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goethite

1. an ore of iron [n -S]

Medical Definition of Goethite

1. A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The colour varies from yellowish to blackish brown. Origin: After the poet Gothe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goethite

goes pear-shaped
goes poof
goes postal
goes snake
goes so far as to
goes the whole hog
goes to bed
goes to hell
goes to sleep
goes to the dogs
goes together
goes under
goes up
goest
goeth
goethite (current term)
goethites
goetic
goeties
goety
goey
gofer
gofers
goff
goffed
goffer
goffered
goffering
gofferings
goffers

Literary usage of Goethite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"It is distinguished from goethite principally by chemical tests. ... The mineral, which was originally called goethite, is quite different from needle iron ..."

2. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"... especially the oxides magnetite and haematite, the hydrated oxides limonite and goethite, ... Of these magnetite, haematite, limonite, goethite, ..."

3. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"goethite. FeO(OH). Composition.—Hydrous oxide of iron, Fe2O3-H20. Fe203 89.9, H20 10.1 = 100. Soluble in hydrochloric acid. ..."

4. NEA Sorption Project Phase II: Interpretation And Prediction of Radionuclide by James A. Davis (2005)
"A subsequent EXAFS study in the goethite/Se(VI) system concluded that "the Se(VI) ... The goethite precipitate had a specific surface area of 52 m2/g, ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel by Thomas Turner (1895)
"... to- almost black, but all agree in yielding a brown or yellow streak ; these minerals may be divided into two classes— (1) goethite (Fe2O3. ..."

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