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specular iron

specular iron noun: iron ore that contains a small amount of sulfur and which appears to have shiny or reflective facets.

Noun

specular iron

  1. Iron ore that contains a small amount of sulfur and which appears to have shiny or reflective facets.
    • Woollen cloth is strongly vitreous with zinc and bismuth, moderately so with silver, copper, lead, and specular iron.1821, Andrew Ure, Robert Hare, Franklin Bache, A Dictionary of Chemistry
    • This species includes the old species, specular iron and red iron ore, which are identical in chemical composition, and differ only in the state of aggregation of the particles. Specular iron includes the varieties of a perfect metallic lustre; if the structure is micaceous, it is the micaceous...1850, James Dwight Dana, A System of Mineralogy

specular iron meaning in Tamil

specular iron in Tamil

ஒளி இரும்பு

Examples of specular iron in a sentence

  • This species includes the old species, specular iron and red iron ore, which are identical in chemical composition, and differ only in the state of aggregation of the particles.1850, James Dwight Dana, A System of Mineralogy:
  • The whole variety is in close connection with the micaceous specular iron, between which and the crystallized oxide of iron is an uninterrupted transition.1854, Frederick Overman, The manufacture of iron, in all its various branches, page 20:

Questions about specular iron

What does specular iron mean?
Specular iron means iron ore that contains a small amount of sulfur and which appears to have shiny or reflective facets.
What is specular iron in Tamil?
Specular iron in Tamil is ஒளி இரும்பு. See Specular iron meaning in Tamil.
How do you use specular iron in a sentence?
This species includes the old species, specular iron and red iron ore, which are identical in chemical composition, and differ only in the state of aggregation of the particles.
What part of speech is specular iron?
Specular iron is a noun.

Words near specular iron in the dictionary

  1. speculaas
  2. speculable
  3. speculant
  4. speculants
  5. specular
  6. specular iron
  7. specular stone
  8. specular stones
  9. specularise
  10. specularised
  11. specularises

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