goethite, göthite Min.
(ˈgœtaɪt)
[Named after the poet Goethe (Göthe) by Lenz in 1806: see -ite.]
A hydrous oxide of iron, of reddish or dark-brown colour, occurring in orthorhombic crystals, also massive.
| 1823 Brooke Crystallogr. 468 Gothite. 1837 Allan Phillip's Min. 221 Goethite. 1869 Phillips Vesuv. x. 282 Göthite—Hydrous Oxide of Iron—is mentioned in ejected blocks and dykes. 1878 Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. 58 Göthite or stilpnosiderite is a mineral very closely allied to limonite. |