Jul 3, 2009 · East of the Mississippi in the USA, iron ores tend to be residual rocks in sedimentary clay, and except for the occasional igneous intrusion of magnetite such as the Cranberry ore of western North Carolina (and various other highly localized magnetite intrusions in Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, and a few other places), you are far more likely ...

Nov 30, 2009 · Keep changing the acid every so often till it stays perfectly clear. Let the particles remaining settle, dry them. Take the weight of this remainder. The difference is your weight of iron, so gives you your percentage. There was once a primary bog iron ore industry in Ontario too - down on Lake Erie in the 1830-40's.

Mar 19, 2009 · Now then, as far as I know there's no iron ore in Florida, as geologically speaking most of the state dates to about last tuesday. It's limestone and coral rock that's been around just long enough to develop a nice layer of phosphate in the middle. You'd think there could be bog ore in the swamps, but they're the wrong kind of swamp.

Nov 7, 2013 · Everything from the gathering of raw materials for the clay, ore and flux, making the charcoal, mixing of the clay, construction of the furnace, drum bellows, and tuyere, to the final smelt and forging of the iron into hoes is done just as it would have been done in the past.

Jun 27, 2011 · ORIGIN OF IRON "Iron ore had left the marshes, From the water-beds had risen, Had been carried to the furnace, In the fire the smith had laid it, Laid it in his smelting furnace." My journey to origin of iron, o have I new thoughts and hint of …

Feb 24, 2020 · The only iron ore within 5 hours of me is just plain black sand, not too many impurities but no phosphorus. Which means it's literally good for everything except for high phosphorus iron. The reason I want to make phosphoric iron is for a historic iron demonstration on early viking period swords which tended to show signs of high phosphor ...

Apr 18, 2024 · Hello everyone, This is a unique piece. Knife forged with two sections of a boat chain link from Louis XIV: King of France, Call the Sun King. (1630 to 1715) the heart of the blade and make up 6 carbon steel sections to continue rendering the pattern. The case and tattoo of a frigate: bateay used...

Feb 14, 2024 · I also make my own steel from iron ores that I harvest, while making homemade vharbon, to obtain artisanal steel with only 5 years of self-taught experience. 5 Link to comment

Dec 25, 2018 · They poop Fe2O3. Siderite (aka clay ironstone, blackband, etc.) is produced by fluid transport, where iron-rich water flowing through a carbonate rock environment deposits by evaporation. If the carbonate rock is coal, it's blackband ore, which often is too high in sulfur to be usable. More on fast petrification of modern artifacts:

Oct 30, 2007 · The special thing about tamahagane is during the smelting process is it never get's completely liquidous, as opposed to some wrought manufacturing process where the iron ore is melted then poured into ingots, then hammered or rolled out into bars. And yes the carbon content is higher in tamahagane as it is technically steel, not iron.