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NATIVE IRON [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Iron, Fe, usually alloyed with other metals, e.g. nickel.

CONT

Iron: A heavy, magnetic, malleable and ductile, and chemically active mineral, the native metallic element Fe. ... Native iron occurs rarely in terrestrial rocks ... but is common in meteorites; ...

OBS

Colour: iron-grey to iron-black; ... Found disseminated as grains and masses in basalt, in placer deposits, and in meteorites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Géochimie
CONT

Fer natif, gris d'acier, présente souvent des macles, on le trouve dans les roches sédimentaires du Groenland.

CONT

Exceptionnellement le métamorphisme au contact d'une coulée basaltique peut conduire au fer natif à partir d'un sulfure, en présence de charbon (Ovifak, Groenland [...])

Spanish

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