Gurmeet Singh posted an Question
February 12, 2021 • 06:20 am 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Geology (GG)

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Which is correct about Magnetite iron ore? Magnetite is the most important industrial iron ore in terms of the quantity used Magnetite has the inferior magnetic qualities which is not valuable in the electric industry. It is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70% Magnetite ore has mudh lower iron content than hematite ore View Solution

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    Asif ali Best Answer

    Magnetite ore has much lower concentrations than hematite ore. Because a magnetite ore deposits contains low concentrations of magnetite and the ore has lower Fe content from 23% to 40%. But compositionally magnetite contains , A significant mining area is Michigan, USA. you confused that magnetite has higher Fe content (Fe=72%), yes it's true and for hematite ( 64-66%) but Hematite ores contains usually large concentrations of Hematite but Magnetite ores contains low concentrations of magnetite hence Fe content of magnetite ore is less than that of Hematite.

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