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”). By surface analysis, sider- +‎ -ite.

Noun

siderite (countable and uncountable, plural siderites)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite.

   Hypernym: iron ore

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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