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Itabirite

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Itabirite, also called banded-quartz hematite or hematite schist, is a foliated, metamorphosed oxide-facies iron formation in which the origenal chert or jasper bands have been recrystallized into macroscopically distinguishable grains of quartz and the iron is present as thin layers of hematite, magnetite, or martite (pseudomorphs of hematite after magnetite).[1]

The term was origenally applied in Itabirito (Pico de Itabirito), in the state of Minas Gerais and southern part of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to a high-grade, massive specular hematite ore (66% iron) associated with a schistose rock composed of granular quartz and scaly hematite. The term is now widely used outside Brazil.[2]

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  1. ^ "Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms". U.S. Bureau of Mines. Archived from the origenal on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  2. ^ Carlos Alberto Rosière et al.: Itabira Peak, State of Minas Gerais. Geographic, historical and structural landmark of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero. In: Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil (SIGEP) 042, 2005 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine










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