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Siberite vs Siderite - What's the difference?

siberite | siderite |

As nouns the difference between siberite and siderite

is that siberite is (mineralogy) a violet form of tourmaline sometimes used as a gemstonehttp://wwwmindatorg/min-11329html while siderite is .

siberite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A violet form of tourmaline sometimes used as a gemstone.http://www.mindat.org/min-11329.html

    • siderite

    English

    (wikipedia siderite)

    Noun

  • (uncountable, mineral) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO3, having the structure of calcite
  • (countable) an iron meteorite
  • An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
  • (obsolete) magnetic iron ore; lodestone