cha·lyb·e·ate 
(kə-lĭbē-ĭt, -lēbē-)
(kə-lĭbē-ĭt, -lēbē-)adj.
1. Impregnated with or containing salts of iron.
2. Tasting like iron, as water from a mineral spring.
n.
Water or medicine containing iron in solution.
[New Latin chalybeātus, from Latin chalybs, steel, from Greek khalups, khalub-, possibly from Khalups sing. of Khalubes, Chalybes, people of Asia Minor famous for their steel.]