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CHALYBITE - 3 reference results
chalybite
chalybite: see siderite.
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siderite
or chalybite

Iron carbonate (FeCO3), a widespread carbonate mineral that can be an ore of iron. The mineral commonly occurs in thin beds with shales, clay, or coal seams (as sedimentary deposits) and in hydrothermal metallic veins (as gangue, or waste rock).

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chalybite
Nov 12, 2008; : see siderite .
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siderite
Jan 01, 1999; siderite ( chalybite , spathose iron ) Mineral, FeCO 3 ; sp. gr. 3.8–4.0; hardness 3.5–4.5; trigonal ; grey to...
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chalybeate
Jan 01, 2004; chalybeate Of natural waters, containing iron (chalybite is a synonym of siderite, an iron mineral, FeCO 3 ).
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