siderites

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sĭdērītes, ae, m., = σιδηρίτης.

I A loadstone , magnet , Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127 (Jan. sideritis).—

II A kind of diamond , Plin. 37, 4, 16, § 58.