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Hydroxides and *xy&ydroxide Minerals
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Hydroxides and *xy&ydroxide Minerals
+&e grou% of oxides, &ydroxides and oxy&ydroxides com%rises se(eral cations suc& as -l,
#e, Mn or +i, .&ere t&e anionic %art is eit&er an oxygen /!*0, a &ydroxyl grou% /!*H0 or an
oxygen and a &ydroxyl /!**H0. +&is article deals essentially .it& t&e iron minerals
/collecti(ely called iron oxides0, 1ecause aluminum minerals suc& as gi11site /2!-l/*H030,
dias%ore /2!-l**H0 and 1oe&mite /4!-l**H0 are &andled in t&e article on 1auxites /q.v.0,
.&ereas manganese oxides and %&yllomanganates are essential constituents of iron!
manganese nodules /q.v.0. +&e +i*5 %olymor%&s rutile, anatase and 1rookite are of minor
im%ortance in sediments and sedimentary rocks.
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n sediments and sedimentary rocks, oxides /&ematite 2!#e5*3, magnetite #e
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mag&emite 4!#e5*3, .uestite #e*, ilmenite #e+i*30 and oxy&ydroxides /goet&ite 2!#e**H,
le%idocrocite 4!#e**H, ferri&ydrite #e**H0 do occur. Sc&.ertmannite, #e8*8/*H09S*7, is
transitional 1et.een oxy&ydroxides ... :read more;
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