limonite
noun
li·mo·nite
ˈlī-mə-ˌnīt 
: a native hydrous ferric oxide of variable composition that is an ore of iron
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What will be left is lower-grade limonite ore, which consists of less than 1.5 percent nickel, making processing by traditional means nearly impossible.
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Rebecca Tan, Dera Menra Sijabat and Joshua Irwandi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
Red areas are due to rust mixtures, yellows are due to iron sulfide, purples are from goethite or oxidized limonite, and the greens come from chlorite.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2022
Researchers believe that may have been the result of a limonite particle being present in the stone at that location.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
The Jie Shun’s manifest listed its only cargo as limonite, a kind of iron ore.
—Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2019
At first, the cargo hold appeared to match the description on the manifest: 2,300 tons of loose yellow rocks called limonite, a kind of iron ore.
—Author: Joby Warrick, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Oct. 2017
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Rebecca Tan, Dera Menra Sijabat and Joshua Irwandi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
Red areas are due to rust mixtures, yellows are due to iron sulfide, purples are from goethite or oxidized limonite, and the greens come from chlorite.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2022
Researchers believe that may have been the result of a limonite particle being present in the stone at that location.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
The Jie Shun’s manifest listed its only cargo as limonite, a kind of iron ore.
—Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2019
At first, the cargo hold appeared to match the description on the manifest: 2,300 tons of loose yellow rocks called limonite, a kind of iron ore.
—Author: Joby Warrick, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Oct. 2017
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