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Definition of Chalybite
1. Noun. Iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate.
Definition of Chalybite
1. n. Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.
Definition of Chalybite
1. Noun. (minerology) native iron carbonate ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalybite
Literary usage of Chalybite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... yellow; and chalybite, white. The streak of a mineral may be cither shining (eg
.... chalybite ..."
2. The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel: Theoretical and Practical: in All Its by Henry Stafford Osborn (1869)
"chalybite, Crystallized Carbonate oj Protoxide of Iron. FeO,CO2. Anhydrous, and,
when pure, contains 48.275 per cent, iron, generally associated with ..."
3. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"The twinning of chalybite is chiefly visible as lamellae parallel to {110}. ...
Clay ironstone," an impure argillaceous chalybite, which in the coal ..."
4. A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands: Mostly by Frederick William Rudler (1905)
"Iron occurs in the lodes of the West of England not infrequently in the form of
carbonate, constituting the mineral known as chalybite or Siderite. ..."
5. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"The color of this chalybite is so purely white, and it is so generally free from
all stain or tarnish, and has such a brilliant pearly lustre, ..."
6. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"In the form of chalybite: quartz, magnetite, hematite, limonite, chlorite. ...
chalybite in the form of: barytes ; calcite, dolomite. Silicates. ..."
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