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

[pmodreski]

Oh, these articles are always making so many claims about "greatest hugest thing ever...".PeteSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Flannigan <mflan at mflan.com> Date: 4/11/25  9:01 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Geologists have found the world's largest iron That article is begging for a size comparison.This is probably not the best one, but a cubeof hematite 4.5 miles X 4.5 miles X 1 mile deepwould be approx 55 billion metric tons.MikeOn 3/21/25 14:00, rockhounds-request at rockhounds.drizzle.com wrote:> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:05:27 -0400> From: Jeffrey Joy<jeffreyjoy at gmail.com>> To: Rockhounds Submissions<rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>> Subject: [Rockhounds] Geologists have found the world's largest iron> 	ore deposit - Earth.com> Message-ID:<74090EC0-2A43-46EE-9A46-84A2223AB23C at gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=us-ascii>>> 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.>> https://www.earth.com/news/geologists-found-the-worlds-largest-iron-ore-deposit/_______________________________________________Rockhounds mailing listSubscription Services:  http://rockhounds.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds_rockhounds.drizzle.comList Usage Policy: http://Tomaszewski.net/Kreigh/Rockhounds/Rockhounds.shtml