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lepidocrocite

An orthorhombic mineral, 4(gamma-FeO(OH)) ; polymorphous with akaganeite, feroxyhyte, and goethite; yellow to orange-red; the weathering product of iron-bearing minerals; forms the pigment brown ocher; such iron oxyhydroxides constitute the rock limonite.

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