Glossary:Bog iron

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[edit] Bog Iron

Impure iron oxides and hydroxides (including limonite, siderite and goethite) that develop in bogs, swamps or shallow lakes where aerobic conditions prevail (often in the presence of bacterial colonies).

Related Words: Iron oxide, Aerobic


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