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Definition: MENACCANITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Menaccanite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, noun. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.]. (references)

Definition: MENACCANITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MENACCANITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, noun. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.]. (references)