Definition of "goethite" [goethite]

• A red, yellow, or brown mineral, essentially HFeO2, one of the common constituents of rust. (noun)

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• "He was fascinated by minerals and early mineralogy (the mineral goethite is named for him)."
• "The experiments, reported in the European journal Water Research, used a mineral called goethite, an iron-bearing oxide that is abundant on the ocean floor."
• "Low goethite: Mineralogical studies of the bauxite suggest that abundances of the problematic iron hydroxide mineral species called goethite are very low to absent."