Minette

Translation of "minette" into Russian

Noun

/mɪˈnɛt/

minette

minettes pl

минетта

The geologist found a rare minette in the quarry.

Геолог нашел редкую минетту в карьере.

Additional translations

минетит

Noun

/mɪˈnɛt/

A low-grade but widespread sedimentary iron ore, especially of Lorraine and Luxembourg, containing considerable phosphorus and about 30% iron.

In the late nineteenth century, steelmakers developed new furnaces to process the vast beds of minette found in Lorraine.

A fine-grained, dark-colored potassium-rich lamprophyre composed mainly of biotite and orthoclase feldspar.

The drill core revealed veins of minette cutting through the surrounding limestone.