Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Ankerite
An′ker-ite
,Noun.
[So called from Prof.
Anker
of Austria: cf. F. ankérite
, G. ankerit
.] (Min.)
A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
Definition 2024
ankerite
ankerite
English
Noun
ankerite (plural ankerites)
- (mineralogy) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
- 1855 John William Dawson - Acadian geology
- 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
Translations
- ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997