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| Noun | 1. |  iron ore - an ore from which iron can be extractedatomic number 26, Fe, iron - a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood goethite, gothite - a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust ore - a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined chamosite - a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum taconite - a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore haematite, hematite - the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form lepidocrocite - a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite limonite - a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite magnetic iron-ore, magnetite - an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets |
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