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Algoma-type banded-iron formation deposit Lake Superior-type banded-iron formation deposit ore chemical rock coal mineral processing uraninite bauxite hematite laterite galena siliceous rock phosphorite carnotite

Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones