siderite Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Gray, yellow, brown, green, white, or brownish-red mineral; vitreous inclining to pearly luster; white streak.

Uses

An ore of iron, when high in manganese used in the manufacture of spiegeleisen.

Definition

FeCO3(usually with some calcium, magnesium, or man- ganese). The term siderite is also used for an iron alloy found in meteorites.

Definition

siderite: A brown or grey-greenmineral form of iron(II) carbonate,FeCO₃, often with magnesium andmanganese substituting for the iron.It occurs in sedimentary deposits orin hydrothermal veins and is an importantiron ore. It is found in England,Greenland, Spain, N Africa, andthe USA.