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Definition of Taconite
1. Noun. A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore.
Definition of Taconite
1. Proper noun. a proprietary software tool for developing Ajax-enabled Internet applications ¹
2. Noun. a low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taconite
1. a low-grade iron ore [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taconite
Literary usage of Taconite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magnetite Deposits of the Eastern Mesabi Range, Minnesota by Frank Fitch Grout, Thomas Monteith Broderick (1919)
"All taconite is more or less cherty, but other features, such as banding for example,
... Cherty taconite most resembles the irregularly banded taconite, ..."
2. Redefining Progress: Working Toward a Sustainable Future by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Thus was bom the taconite mining industry. Between 1955 and the early 1970s, ...
By 1981, all expansions of the taconite plants had been completed and the ..."
3. The Mining Engineer (1898)
"The oceanic origin of the Mesabi taconite is perhaps even more clearly ...
The great extent of this taconite-formation has already been referred to. ..."
4. Proceedings of Annual Meeting by Lake Superior Mining Institute (1908)
"through the iron scale, and it goes deep within much of the taconite. It forms
sometimes thin sheets both in the red ore, by which it is not stained, ..."
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