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Noun
turgite (countable and uncountable, plural turgites)
- (mineralogy) A ferric hydrate, 2Fe2O3H2O, closely related to hematite and limonite.
- Synonyms: esmeraldite, hydrohematite, lepidocrocite
1969, Geophysical Abstracts, numbers 268-271, page 679:The Bakal' deposit is a relatively rare type of iron deposit; the ores are siderites, grading in the oxidized zone into brown ironstones and turgites.
1937, Charles Freeman Jackson, Eugene Delos Gardner, Stoping Methods and Cost, number 391, page 50:The fibrous mineral turgite is variable in composition, and considerable evidence is given that it probably represents solid solutions of goethite with hematite with enclosed and capillary water.
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