goethitegöthiten.
/ˈɡʊətʌɪt//ˈɡəːtʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrous oxide of iron, of reddish or dark-brown colour, occurring in orthorhombic crystals, also massive.
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1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 468 Gothite.
1837 R. Allan Phillips's Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 4) 221 Goethite.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 282 Göthite—Hydrous Oxide of Iron—is mentioned in ejected blocks and dykes.
1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 58 Göthite or stilpnosiderite is a mineral very closely allied to limonite.
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