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Ooid-ironstone

A rock classification type
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Ooid-ironstone

Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
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Ooid-ironstone, etc.

Wohlverwahrt mine, Nammen, Porta Westfalica, Minden-LÞbbecke, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Ooid-ironstone, etc.

Tiefer Stollen mine, Wasseralfingen, Aalen, Ostalbkreis, Stuttgart Region, Baden-WÞrttemberg, Germany
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Ooid-ironstone

Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
08376880017378385421307.jpg
Ooid-ironstone, etc.

Wohlverwahrt mine, Nammen, Porta Westfalica, Minden-LÞbbecke, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Ooid-ironstone, etc.

Tiefer Stollen mine, Wasseralfingen, Aalen, Ostalbkreis, Stuttgart Region, Baden-WÞrttemberg, Germany
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Ooid-ironstone

Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
08376880017378385421307.jpg
Ooid-ironstone, etc.

Wohlverwahrt mine, Nammen, Porta Westfalica, Minden-LÞbbecke, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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About Ooid-ironstoneHide

An ironstone composed almost entirely of ooids.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
49293
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:49293:3

Classification of Ooid-ironstoneHide

Sub-divisions of Ooid-ironstoneHide

Mineralogy of Ooid-ironstoneHide

Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present:
GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
HematiteFe2O3
LimoniteUsed as a field-term for unidentified massive hydroxides and oxides of iron, with no visible crystals, and a ...
SideriteFeCO3

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:
121 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with QuartzSiO2
118 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with HematiteFe2O3
113 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with 'Limonite'
101 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
87 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with CalciteCaCO3
27 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with ChamositeFe2+5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
7 photos of Ooid-ironstone associated with PyriteFeS2
1 photo of Ooid-ironstone associated with Ammonoidea

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References for Ooid-ironstoneHide

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