{"id":1817,"date":"2023-03-18T10:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/?page_id=1817"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:57:14","slug":"iron-ore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/index.php\/iron-ore\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Ore"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1817\" class=\"elementor elementor-1817\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-672e65c elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"672e65c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca446d2 elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"ca446d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31483b3\" data-id=\"31483b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7243771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7243771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iron ore<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7ca659 elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"c7ca659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cb0fe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2cb0fe6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d408d9\" data-id=\"5d408d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f1c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04f1c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iron ore<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1023265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1023265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Earth&#8217;s most important\u00a0<strong>iron ore<\/strong>\u00a0deposits are found in\u00a0sedimentary rocks. They formed from chemical reactions that combined iron and oxygen in marine and fresh waters. The two most important minerals in these deposits are iron oxides:\u00a0hematite\u00a0(Fe<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>) and\u00a0magnetite\u00a0(Fe<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>4<\/sub>). These iron ores have been mined to produce almost every iron and steel object that we use today &#8211; from paper clips to automobiles to the steel beams in skyscrapers.<\/p><h2>How Does Iron Ore Form?<\/h2><p>Nearly all of Earth&#8217;s major iron ore deposits are in rocks that formed over 1.8 billion years ago. At that time Earth&#8217;s oceans contained abundant dissolved iron and almost no dissolved oxygen.<\/p><p>The iron ore deposits began forming when the first organisms capable of photosynthesis began releasing oxygen into the waters. This oxygen immediately combined with the abundant dissolved iron to produce hematite or magnetite.<\/p><p>These minerals deposited on the sea floor in great abundance, forming what are now known as the &#8220;banded iron formations.&#8221; The rocks are &#8220;banded&#8221; because the iron minerals deposited in alternating bands with silica and sometimes\u00a0shale. The banding might have resulted from seasonal changes in organism activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e74ed3f\" data-id=\"e74ed3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ab518b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"8ab518b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href='https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/images-15.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/images-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href='https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Steel-Iron-26-12-2020.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Steel-Iron-26-12-2020-300x206.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Steel-Iron-26-12-2020-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Steel-Iron-26-12-2020.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href='https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16-300x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-16.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href='https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shutterstock_1838972962_0.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shutterstock_1838972962_0-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shutterstock_1838972962_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macmetalandchem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shutterstock_1838972962_0.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iron ore Iron ore Earth&#8217;s most important\u00a0iron ore\u00a0deposits are found in\u00a0sedimentary rocks. They formed from chemical reactions that combined iron and oxygen in marine and fresh waters. The two most important minerals in these deposits are iron oxides:\u00a0hematite\u00a0(Fe2O3) and\u00a0magnetite\u00a0(Fe3O4). These iron ores have been mined to produce almost every iron and steel object that we use today &#8211; from paper clips to automobiles to the steel beams in skyscrapers. How Does Iron Ore Form? Nearly all of Earth&#8217;s major iron ore deposits are in rocks that formed over 1.8 billion years ago. At that time Earth&#8217;s oceans contained abundant dissolved iron and almost no dissolved oxygen. The iron ore deposits began forming when the first organisms capable of photosynthesis began releasing oxygen into the waters. This oxygen immediately combined with the abundant dissolved iron to produce hematite or magnetite. These minerals deposited on the sea floor in great abundance, forming what are now known as the &#8220;banded iron formations.&#8221; The rocks are &#8220;banded&#8221; because the iron minerals deposited in alternating bands with silica and sometimes\u00a0shale. 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