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iron-rich

iron-rich adjective: containing high levels of iron.

Adjective

iron-rich (comparative more iron-rich, superlative most iron-rich)

  1. Containing high levels of iron.
    • Sodium metasomatism is considered by Kuman (1959) to have been responsible for the formation of the magnesioriebeckite in some of the iron-rich sediments of the Krivoy Rog basin.1963, William Alexander Deer, Rock-forming Minerals: Chain silicates, page 348
    • Chamosite, an iron-rich chlorite, is an important constituent of some sedimentary iron ores.1978, Alan Robert Woolley, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Mineral Kingdom, page 171

Forms of iron-rich

comparativemore iron-rich
superlativemost iron-rich
alternative formironrich

Questions about iron-rich

What does iron-rich mean?
Iron-rich means containing high levels of iron.
What part of speech is iron-rich?
Iron-rich is an adjective.

Words near iron-rich in the dictionary

  1. iron-hearted
  2. iron-heartedness
  3. iron-montmorillonite
  4. iron-ore
  5. iron-ores
  6. iron-rich
  7. iron-shod
  8. iron-shot
  9. iron-sick
  10. iron-sulfur cluster
  11. iron-sulfur clusters

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