Meanings
nounankerite (countable and uncountable, plural ankerites)
plural ankerites
- countableuncountablechemistryAny of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
In this second excavation the red ore is more largely mixed with the micaceous specular variety, and also includes large rounded blocks of ankerite and angular fragments of rock.
1855, John William Dawson, Acadian geology
Origin
After the Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) in 1825 + -ite.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ankeriitti
- ankeriittiany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
French ankérite
- ankériteany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
German Ankerit
- Ankeritany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
Italian ankerite
- ankeriteany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
Polish ankeryt
- ankerytany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
Portuguese ankerita, anquerita
- ankeritaany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
- anqueritaany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
Spanish ankerita
- ankeritaany of a group of mixed carbonate minerals
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APA
ankerite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankerite
MLA
“ankerite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankerite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ankerite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankerite.
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