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Webster 1913 Edition
goethite
Gö′thite
,go′thite
, orGoe′thite
Noun.
[After the poet
Göthe
.] (Min.)
A hydrous oxide of iron (
HFeO2
), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown. Definition 2024
goethite
goethite
English
Noun
goethite (countable and uncountable, plural goethites)
- (mineralogy) An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust.
- 2015, Asa H. Barber , Dun Lu , Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18 February 2015
- Recent work has shown that the teeth of limpets approximate to an almost ideal model natural composite material where high aspect ratio mineral nanofibres of goethite reinforce a protein matrix.
- 2015, Asa H. Barber , Dun Lu , Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18 February 2015
Derived terms
- hydrogoethite
Translations
an iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust
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