martite Min.
(ˈmɑːtaɪt)
[f. L. Mart-em (see Mars) + -ite.]
‘A pseudomorph of hematite after magnetite’ (Chester Dict. Min.).
| 1851 Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. V. 194 Sesquioxide of Iron... Occurs in the forms of..Iron-glance, Red Hæmatite..and Martite. 1879 Rutley Stud. Rocks xi. 200 The magnetite probably being converted into martite. |