Taconite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite, mined as an iron ore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In petrography, a name proposed by H. V. Winchell (1896) for cherty or jaspery rock, in places calcareous or quartzitic, associated with the hematites of the Masaba Range, Minnesota.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    iron ore    chert