ANKERITE


Meaning of ANKERITE in English

/ang"keuh ruyt'/ , n.

a carbonate mineral related to dolomite but with iron replacing part of the magnesium.

[ 1835-45; named after M. J. Anker (d. 1843), Austrian mineralogist; see -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .