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Ferrofluid is a liquid that is attracted to the poles of a magnet.It is a colloidal liquid made of nanoscale ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid (usually an organic solvent or water). [1]
Magnetite and other heavy minerals (dark) in a quartz beach sand (Chennai, India). Magnetite is sometimes found in large quantities in beach sand. Such black sands (mineral sands or iron sands) are found in various places, such as Lung Kwu Tan in Hong Kong; California, United States; and the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. [32]
The proportion of silica in rocks and minerals is a major factor in determining their names and properties. [7] Rock outcrop along a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. Rocks are classified according to characteristics such as mineral and chemical composition, permeability, texture of the constituent particles, and particle size.
The rocks it is found in are classified as a complex mafic ultrapotassic peralkaline igneous rock with high silica contents. Most commonly it is found with Lamproite. Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite is a uniquely rare mineral, as it occurs in small amounts in very few locations around the world. [4]
Banded iron formation from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. A typical banded iron formation consists of repeated, thin layers (a few millimeters to a few centimeters in thickness) of silver to black iron oxides, either magnetite (Fe 3 O 4) or hematite (Fe 2 O 3), alternating with bands of iron-poor chert, often red in color, of similar thickness.
Oolite or oölite (from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión) 'egg stone') [1] is a sedimentary rock formed from ooids, spherical grains composed of concentric layers. [2] Strictly, oolites consist of ooids of diameter 0.25–2 millimetres; rocks composed of ooids larger than 2 mm are called pisolites. The term oolith can refer to oolite or individual ...
Some examples of minerals in iron-rich rocks containing oxides are limonite, hematite, and magnetite. An example of a mineral in iron-rich rock containing carbonates is siderite and an example of minerals in an iron-rich rock containing silicate is chamosite. [2] They are often interbedded with limestones, shales, and fine-grained sandstones.
Debris from the impact was scattered over an area of 1,600,000 km 2 (620,000 sq mi) thrown more than 800 km (500 mi); and ejecta—rock fragments ejected by the impact—have been found as far away as Minnesota. [5] [6] [7] Models suggest that for such a large impact, debris was most likely scattered globally, [8] but has since been eroded.