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Bog iron

Bog iron is a form of impure iron deposit that develops in bogs or swamps by the chemical or biochemical oxidation of iron carried in solution. In general, bog ores consist primarily of iron oxyhydroxides, commonly goethite (FeO(OH)), and related limonite.

Technology, North America & Iron extraction

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Iron extraction

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North America

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Bog iron

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Bog iron

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related to Europe · 25
Bog iron → BCE, Bog, Bronze Age, CE, Europe, Even, Finland, From, Iceland, Icelandic, In Russia, Iron, Large, Middle Ages, Near East, Norse, North America, Poland, Scandinavia, Smaller
related to Colonial North America · 24
Bog iron → Acton, Anthony Parkhurst, Assabet River, Bog, Chesterfield County, Concord, Falling Creek Ironworks, In, It, John's, Lake Massapoag, Massachusetts, National Historic Site, Newfoundland, North America, Saugus, Saugus Iron Works, Saugus River, St, Sudbury
related to Iron extraction · 14
Bog iron → BCE, CE, Due, Early, Europeans, Fe, Humans, Iron, Pre-Roman Iron Age, Smelting, The, There, They, Viking Age
related to 19th century United States · 13
Bog iron → Bog, Eastern Shore, Furnace Town, Known, Little Ossipee Pond, Maine, Maryland, Nassawango Iron Furnace, North Shapleigh, Shapleigh, Snow Hill, The, The Shapleigh Iron Company
related to Pre-Columbian · 11
Bog iron → Analysis, CE, Excavations, Iron, L'Anse, Meadows, Newfoundland, Ninety-eight, The, This, Vikings
related to Formation · 8
Bog iron → All, Bog, Factors, Iron, Presence, The, Thiobacillus, This
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Bog iron → form of impure iron deposit that develops in bogs or swamps by the chemical or biochemical oxidation of iron carried in solution, renewable resource

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iron bog ore production surface furnace north oxidation smelting first oxygen form goethite magnetite america also bloomery slag site ores

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Bog ironis aform of impure iron deposit that develops in bogs or swamps by the chemical or biochemical oxidation of iron carried in solution0.90text
Bog ironis arenewable resource0.90text
local geologyinstance ofFactors0.80text
parent rock mineralogyinstance ofFactors0.80text
ground-water compositioninstance ofFactors0.80text
and geochemically active microbesinstance ofFactors0.80text
plants influence the formationinstance ofFactors0.80text
growthinstance ofFactors0.80text
and persistence of iron bogsinstance ofFactors0.80text
withered grassinstance ofEarly metallurgists identified bog-iron deposits by indicators0.80text
a wet environmentinstance ofEarly metallurgists identified bog-iron deposits by indicators0.80text
hygrophilous grass-dominated vegetationinstance ofEarly metallurgists identified bog-iron deposits by indicators0.80text

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