ankerite

English - Turkish

Definition of ankerite in English Turkish dictionary

ankerit

(Mineraloji) Ankerit, Kutnahorit; Dolomite benzer koşullarda oluşan ve demir cevheri ihtiva eden bir tür mineral

ankerit (ca-mg-fe-karbonat minerali)

English - English

Definition of ankerite in English English dictionary

Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese

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.

A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron

Hyphenation

an·ker·ite

Etymology

() After the Austrian mineralogist Mathias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) in 1825.Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997