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Definition of Ochers
1. ocher [v] - See also: ocher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochers
Literary usage of Ochers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"—The ochers show a variety of colors, depending mainly on the chemical composition.
... ochers may contain as much as 50 to 75 per cent iron oxide (10). ..."
2. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"—The ochers show a variety of colors, depending mainly on the chemical composition.
... ochers may contain as much as 50 to 75 per cent iron oxide (10). ..."
3. The Mineral Industry (1897)
"... are iron oxides (commonly referred to aa" metallic paints"), ochers, ultramarine,
umber, sienna, and slate, Venetian red, and zinc oxide. ..."
4. Economic Geology of the United States by Heinrich Ries (1907)
"ochers (2, 6). —This name is applied to powdery limonite deposits or clays, which,
in their natural state, contain sufficient ferric oxide or hydroxide to ..."
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