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Iron oxide: Media

chemical compound

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A Rusty Planet
Mars appears red because its rocks and dust contain iron oxide (rust), which gives...
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Images

Hematite crystal
An iron ore mineral, hematite has a trigonal crystal structure.
Photograph by Sandy Grimm. Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS 5440
Magnetite (lodestone)
A naturally occurring magnetic iron oxide mineral, magnetite, or lodestone, is a...
© Geza Farkas/stock.adobe.com
Goethite
An iron oxyhydroxide mineral that forms under weathering conditions, goethite is...
© Wendell E. Wilson
Rust on an iron bolt
A reddish brown coating of iron oxides forms when iron reacts with oxygen and moisture.
Paulnasca
banded-iron formation (BIF)
A banded-iron formation (BIF) rock recovered from the Temagami greenstone belt in...
Prof. Dr. Michael Bau/Jacobs University Bremen