Limonite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineraloid
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Amorphous
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Yellow, Brown
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Limonite is not one mineral but a mix of iron oxides and hydroxides, mostly goethite.
- Bog iron, a limonite that forms in marshes, was smelted into iron by Vikings and other early ironworkers.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q193565 · All stones · All entries