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Today's activities will focus on the physical properties of minerals and you will use physical properties to identify 11 common rock-forming and ore minerals. In class you will be using the mineral ...
Known reserves include the Tung-Yeh-Chen and Dongye hematite ore deposits. The mineral magnetite is a highly magnetic mineral found in solid and crystal forms. Magnetite actually has higher iron ...
The gumboot chiton, a type of mollusk, scrapes algae off rocks with its super tough teeth containing the magnetic mineral magnetite, a type of iron oxide. Fully mineralized chiton teeth are the ...