A highly ferromagnetic mineral of the spinel group which is a form of ferric oxide, Fe₂O₃, crystallizing in the cubic system and formed principally by alteration of magnetite.
Origin
1920s. From mag- + hem- + -ite. For coinage see quot. 1927.
Definition of maghemite in US English:
maghemite
(also maghaemite)
nounmaɡˈhiːmʌɪt
Mineralogy
A highly ferromagnetic mineral of the spinel group which is a form of ferric oxide, Fe₂O₃, crystallizing in the cubic system and formed principally by alteration of magnetite.
Origin
1920s. From mag- + hem- + -ite. For coinage see quot. 1927.