different between magnetite vs jacupirangite

English

From magnet +? -ite, after German Magnetit.

magnetite (plural magnetites)

(mineralogy) A magnetic mineral, Fe₃O₄, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 137:
  Appropriately enough, the commonest of these, a simple iron oxide, is called magnetite.

magnetite f (plural magnetiti)

Jacupiranga +? -ite

jacupirangite (countable and uncountable, plural jacupirangites)

(mineralogy) Any of a melanocratic series of igneous rocks of varying composition, the characteristic minerals being purple titanaugite, nepheline, and magnetite or titanoferrite.

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