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ankerites

ankerites is the plural of ankerite.

Meaning of ankerite

Noun

ankerite (countable and uncountable, plural ankerites)

  1. 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.1855, John William Dawson, Acadian geology

Questions about ankerites

What is ankerites the plural of?
Ankerites is the plural of ankerite.

Words near ankerites in the dictionary

  1. ankee
  2. Ankeny
  3. Ankenys
  4. anker
  5. ankerite
  6. ankerites
  7. ankeritic
  8. ankeritization
  9. ankeritized
  10. ankers
  11. Ankerson

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