[Rockhounds] Geologists have found the world's largest iron

[Mike Flannigan]

That article is begging for a size comparison.
This is probably not the best one, but a cube
of hematite 4.5 miles X 4.5 miles X 1 mile deep
would be approx 55 billion metric tons.


Mike


On 3/21/25 14:00, rockhounds-request at rockhounds.drizzle.com wrote:
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> 	ore deposit - Earth.com
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> A iron ore deposit so large that it has the potential to reshape global
> trade - a 55-billion-metric-ton treasure trove - has been discovered in
> Western Australia.
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> https://www.earth.com/news/geologists-found-the-worlds-largest-iron-ore-deposit/