Iron comes from iron ore. Iron ore is a compound of Iron and oxygen. A similar compound is called rust. The ore is mined in the ground. It used to be made in large blast furnaces. The iron ore would be mixed with coke (a product made from coal). They would be placed in the blast furnace. Then the furnace would be started and Iron would flow out the bottom. Steel would be produced by adding other metals to the iron and removing some of the carbon.
There's a fundamental problem with the question. Iron is not a "mineral" in the usual sense of the word. Elemental iron is too reactive to be found in nature as a mineral. Leaving that aside... Steel is not "iron". It's mostly iron, with a small admixture of other stuff. So it's not the same as elemental iron, but it's pretty close.
Iron ore is used to make steel
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)
Iron
There's a fundamental problem with the question. Iron is not a "mineral" in the usual sense of the word. Elemental iron is too reactive to be found in nature as a mineral. Leaving that aside... Steel is not "iron". It's mostly iron, with a small admixture of other stuff. So it's not the same as elemental iron, but it's pretty close.
Iron ore is used to make steel
Depends on the alloy. Steel at its simplest is just a mix of iron with a bit of carbon
steel and iron
the answer is iron
the answer is iron
Iron ore is a valuable mineral that is used to make steel. It is extracted from the earth and processed into iron, which is then combined with other elements to create steel for various industrial applications.
Iron is a mineral. A raw mineral from which iron may be extracted is hematite - as one example.
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)
Iron (Except Iron isn't a mineral. Iron is an element. The MINERAL and principal ore from which Iron is taken is GALENA.)