‖ flos-ferri Min.
(ˈflɒsˈfɛraɪ)
[L.; = ‘flower of iron’.]
A coralloid variety of aragonite, often found with iron ore.
| 1748 Sir J. Hill Hist. Fossils 344 This species is..called..Flos Ferri. 1878 Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. 51 Flos-ferri is formed in great perfection in the Styrian iron-mines. |