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3D Model

Age: 2460 Ma

Geon: 24

Timescale (Eon/Era/Period): Proterozoic/Paleoproterozoic

Rock type: Sedimentary (metamorphosed)

Rock name: Banded Iron Formation (BIF)

Major minerals: magnetite, chert, hematite, opal

Locality: Hamersley, Australia

Comment: One of the world’s largest iron ore deposits.

Rocks Through Geological Time Activity (EOSC220 Introductory Mineralogy, UBC)