Editing Limonite (section)

==Names==
[[File:Limonite bog iron cm01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bog iron]] ore]]

Limonite is named for the [[Ancient Greek]] word {{wikt-lang|grc|λειμών}} ({{grc-transl|λειμών}} {{IPA|grc|leː.mɔ̌ːn|}}), meaning "[[wet meadow]]", or {{wikt-lang|grc|λίμνη}} ({{grc-transl|λίμνη}} {{IPA|grc|lím.nɛː|}}), meaning "marshy lake", as an allusion to its occurrence as {{em|[[bog iron]] ore}} in [[meadow]]s and [[marsh]]es.<ref name=mindat>{{Mindat |id=2402 |name=Limonite}}</ref> In its brown form, it is sometimes called '''brown hematite'''<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Julia A. |title=Glossary of Geology |date=1997 |publisher=[[American Geological Institute]] |location=[[Alexandria, Virginia]] |isbn=0922152349 |edition=4th |chapter=brown hematite}}</ref> or '''brown iron ore'''.{{sfn|Jackson|1997|loc="brown iron ore"}}