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From what minerals do we get iron?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

There are several ores of iron, and they include the principle mineral hematite (Fe2O3), as well as the minerals magnetite (Fe3O4), goethite (FeO(OH)), limonite (FeO(OH).n(H2O)) and siderite (FeCO3).

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