Simple Lithology
iron rich sediment
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/iron_rich_sediment
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definition | Sediment that consists of at least 50 percent iron-bearing minerals (hematite, magnetite, limonite-group, siderite, iron-sulfides), as determined by hand-lens or petrographic analysis. Corresponds to a rock typically containing 15 percent iron by weight. |  |
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source | SLTTs 2004 | |
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is primary topic of | iron rich sediment& properties=inScheme | |||||||||