Taconite Definition

tăkə-nīt
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

Origin of Taconite

  • After the Taconic (Mountains)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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