Green Rust (IMAGE)

Weizmann Institute of Science

Green Rust

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In Lake Matano, Indonesia, (l) low oxygen and high iron concentrations enable the formation of green rust; this may have been the original source of the banded iron formations (r) that are a major source of iron ore today

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Weizmann Institute of Science

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