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Iron oxides)
There are a number of iron oxides:
Iron oxides
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Iron hydroxides
- Iron(II) hydroxide Fe(OH)2. green colour.
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Iron(III) hydroxide FeO(OH) found as the mineral goethite. Red-brown colour. Also found as the minerals siderogel and feroxyhyte. There is a variant known as lepidocrocite .
- Iron(III) hydroxide Fe(OH)3. Dark brown.
There are also several other variants.
See also
A number of these compounds are found in rust and rusticles.
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