taconite


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taconite /ˈtakənʌɪt/
noun a low-grade iron ore consisting largely of chert.
– origin early 20th cent.: from the Taconic Range of mountains, US, + -ite1.
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