1. Noun
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.
2. Noun
a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
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