siderite

See also: Siderite and sidérite

English

Siderite (FECO₃)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σιδηρίτης (sidērítēs, “made of iron”), from Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron”), or from Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek σιδηρῖτις (sidērîtis, “loadstone”).

Noun

siderite (countable and uncountable, plural siderites)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite
2. (countable) an iron meteorite
3. An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
4. (obsolete) magnetic iron ore; lodestone

Synonyms

• chalybite
• sparry iron
• spathic iron

Derived terms

• aerosiderite
• holosiderite
• mesosiderite
• oligosiderite
• phosphosiderite
• sideritic
• spherosiderite
• xanthosiderite

 

Translations

a mineral, iron(II) carbonate

• Finnish: sideriitti
• French: sidérite (fr) f
• German: Siderit m
• Italian: siderite (it) f
• Portuguese: siderita f
• Spanish: siderita f

an iron meteorite

• Finnish: rautameteoriitti
• French: sidérite (fr) f
• Spanish: siderito m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Siderite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “siderite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.deˈri.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: si‧de‧rì‧te

Noun

siderite f (plural sideriti)

1. (mineralogy) siderite

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