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maghemite (iou)



maghemite noun. E20.
[from MAG(NETITE + H(A)EM(ATITE + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A highly ferromagnetic mineral of the spinel group which is a form of ferric oxide, Fe2O3, formed principally by alteration of magnetite and crystallizing in the cubic system.