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Definition of Sparry iron

sparry iron
Siderite Sid"er*ite, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. ????, ????, of iron, from ???? iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
Sparry iron
Sparry Spar"ry, a. [From Spar.] Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a) . Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.

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- Hendry, J.P.; Taylor, C.W.; Russell, M.A. (April 2005). "Fatty acids in sparry calcite fracture fills and microsparite cement of septarian diagenetic concretions"...
- usually a mixture of grains, micrite (very fine-grained carbonate mud) and sparry cement. The optical properties of calcite and mineral dolomite are difficult...
- while using the Folk classification depends on the matrix, which is either sparry (prominently composed of cement) or micritic (prominently composed of mud)...
- in size from 0.02 to 0.1 mm (0.79 to 3.94 mils), that are described as sparry calcite or sparite. Sparite is distinguished from micrite by a grain size...
- specimens of Ceraurus, Flexicalymene, and Meadowtownella uniquely preserved as sparry calcite infilings. Exceptionally fine detail of the appendages was preserved...
- Tiberius Hemster****s, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685) 1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715) 1779 – Martha Ray, English singer...
- recrystallized bivalve s**** in a biopelsparite Grainstone with calcite ooids and sparry calcite cement; Carmel Formation, Middle Jur****ic, of southern Utah, USA...
- Bronze Age, along with iron deposits. By the early 1990s, mining had largely ceased in Austria except for 980,000 tons of sparry magnesite extracted in...
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, countess by marriage of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1685) April 7 – Franz Sparry, composer (b. 1715) May 26 – Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia (b. 1747)...
- is a dense white to yellow sparry limestone with numerous calcite veins that weathers to yellowish or pinkish due to its iron content. In far western Texas...