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Definition of Lepidocrocite
1. Noun. A red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite.
Definition of Lepidocrocite
1. Noun. (minerology) A hydrated iron oxide related to hematite ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepidocrocite
Literary usage of Lepidocrocite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1897)
"... (lepidocrocite) at Glendon. PHILADELPHIA CO.—FRANKFORD.—Titanite in gneiss,
apophyllite ; on the Philadelphia, Trenton and Connecting Railroad, ..."
2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"This substance occurs in nature in two polymorphic forms—goethite and lepidocrocite—and
in an "amorphous" condition—limonite. The two crystallized forms are ..."
3. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"Scaly-fibrous, or feathery columnar, the lines consisting of more or less distinct
scales, sona- what like plumose mica ; the lepidocrocite (fr. ..."
4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1889)
"Scaly-fibrous, or feathery columnar, the lines consisting of more or less distinct
scales, somewhat like plumose mica ; the lepidocrocite (fr. ..."
5. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868 by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"... or feathery columnar, the lines consisting of more or less distinct scales,
somewhat like plumose mica: the lepidocrocite (fr. ..."
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