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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.

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  1. n. 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. n. a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite
  3. Hydrous sesquixoide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.
  4. Hydrous sesquixoide of iron, an important ore of iron,occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a darkbrown color, yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Alsocalled brown hematite.
  5. n. a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite