maghemite

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noun

A magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.

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Meanings

nounmaghemite (countable and uncountable, plural maghemites)

plural maghemites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.

Origin

After the beginnings of magnetite and hematite in 1927, because of magnetism and similar arrangement of elements.

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APA

maghemite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maghemite

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“maghemite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maghemite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maghemite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maghemite.

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