Limonit

Limonit adalah bijih besi yang terdiri dari campuran besi(III) oksida-hidroksida terhidrasi dalam berbagai komposisi. Rumus kimianya umum ditulis sebagai FeO(OH)·nH₂O, meskipun tidak sepenuhnya akurat kareana rasio oksida terhadap hidroksidanya dapat bervariasi cukup besar. Limonit adalah salah satu dari dua bijih besi utama selain adalah hematit, dan limonit telah ditambang untuk produksi besi setidaknya sejak 2500 SM.^[1]^[2]

Referensi

^ MacEachern, Scott (1996) "Iron Age beginnings north of the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon and Nigeria" pp. 489–496 In Pwiti, Gilbert and Soper, Robert (editors) (1996) Aspects of African Archaeology: Proceedings of the Tenth Pan-African Congress University of Zimbabwe Press, Harare, Zimbabwe, ISBN 978-0-908307-55-5; archived here by Internet Archive on 11 March 2012
^ Diop-Maes, Louise Marie (1996) "La question de l'Âge du fer en Afrique" ("The question of the Iron Age in Africa") Ankh 4/5: pp. 278–303, in French; archived here by Internet Archive on 25 January 2008

[1] MacEachern, Scott (1996) "Iron Age beginnings north of the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon and Nigeria" pp. 489–496 In Pwiti, Gilbert and Soper, Robert (editors) (1996) Aspects of African Archaeology: Proceedings of the Tenth Pan-African Congress University of Zimbabwe Press, Harare, Zimbabwe, ISBN 978-0-908307-55-5; archived here by Internet Archive on 11 March 2012

[2] Diop-Maes, Louise Marie (1996) "La question de l'Âge du fer en Afrique" ("The question of the Iron Age in Africa") Ankh 4/5: pp. 278–303, in French; archived here by Internet Archive on 25 January 2008

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