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Simonite vs Limonite - What's the difference?

simonite | limonite |

As nouns the difference between simonite and limonite

is that simonite is (mineralogy) a monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulfur, and thallium while limonite is .

simonite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulfur, and thallium.

    • References

    * Simonite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Simonite.shtml]

    limonite

    English

    (wikipedia limonite)

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide