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Agreed with anonymous.

However, do NOT confuse with Iron(III)oxide; archaically, ferric oxide.

Iron is if two different oxidation states indicated by the Roman Numerals (II) & (III).

Iron(III)oxide is also known as ferric oxide,, and is the mineral, ironore, used in Blast furnaces to make iron metal.

There is also Fe3O4 (Iron(VI)oxide, known as magnetite. This is the 'lodestone' used by ancient navigators to find 'north'. As a length of it always hung in the North/South direction.

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