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Taconite

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Noun

1. taconite

a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore

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Taconite

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noun
a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing magnetite, haematite, and silica, which occurs in the Lake Superior region: a low-grade iron ore

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Taconite

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noun
an iron-bearing chert containing from 25 to 35 percent hematite and magnetite: it is a low-grade iron ore that is pelletized for blast-furnace reduction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Taconite

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n.
A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite, mined as an iron ore.

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