Usually means: Iron-bearing sedimentary rock; mined.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (taconite)

▸ noun:  A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron.

Similar:
tennantite, tancoite, ferrotantalite, ferrotitanowodginite, tantalite, taenite, titanomagnetite, ottemannite, iron flint, tile ore, more...

Types:
pellet, lump, fines, more...

Phrases:
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., more...

Adjectives:
magnetic, slaty, grade, nonmagnetic, hard, greenalite, unaltered, silicate, bearing, hematitic, lower

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Similar:
tennantite, tancoite, ferrotantalite, ferrotitanowodginite, tantalite, taenite, titanomagnetite, ottemannite, iron flint, tile ore, more...

Types:
pellet, lump, fines, more...

Phrases:
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., more...

Adjectives:
magnetic, slaty, grade, nonmagnetic, hard, greenalite, unaltered, silicate, bearing, hematitic, lower



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