feroxyhyte

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noun

A hexagonal oxide/hydroxide of iron that occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor, reverting to goethite on exposure to surface conditions.

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Meanings

nounferoxyhyte (countable and uncountable, plural feroxyhytes)

plural feroxyhytes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA hexagonal oxide/hydroxide of iron that occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor, reverting to goethite on exposure to surface conditions.
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