taconite in English

noun
1
a low-grade iron ore consisting largely of chert, occurring in the US chiefly around Lake Superior.
She was loaded with 26,000 tons of taconite at Superior, WI, on Nov.9, 1975 and left the port of Duluth-Superior, at the western end of Lake Superior shortly after 2: 00 p.m. in fair weather but with a foul forecast lying in wait.

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