Also lymnite. [f. Gr. λίμνη lake + -ITE.]
1. Palæontology. A fossil species of the genus Limnæa.
1864. Webster, Lymnite.
1882. Ogilvie, Limnite.
2. Min. Bog iron ore, containing more water than limonite.
1868. in Dana, Min., 178.
