siderose, a. and n. rare.
[f. Gr. σίδηρ-ος iron + -ose1. Cf. siderous a.2]
A. adj. Similar to (that of) iron.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 4 Weight, siderose: sometimes approaching the barytose. |
B. n. = siderite 6.
Named by Beudant (1832).
| 1856 Dana Min. (ed. 3) 85 Carbonate of Iron (Ironspar; Spathic iron; Siderose). |