flos-ferrin.
/ˈflɒsˈfɛrʌɪ/ Mineralogy.
A coralloid variety of aragonite, often found with iron ore.
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1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 344 This species is..called..Flos Ferri.
1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 51 Flos-ferri is formed in great perfection in the Styrian iron-mines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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