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Ochre

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Name:A name given to a great variety of earthy minerals, usually mixtures of fine-grained oxides/hydroxides. Some examples of more specific names are: Antimony Ochre, Bismuth Ochre, Iron Ochre, Lead Ochre and Molybdic Ochre.

Cadmium ochre is a mixture of greenockite and hawleyite.
Tungstic ochre is a mixture of Ferritungstite, Tungstite and other minerals.
Varlamoffite is often regarded as a tin ochre.
Uranium ochre is a mixture more commonly called gummite.
Palladium ochre is palladinite.
This page provides mineralogical data about Ochre.

Classification of Ochre

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Other Names for Ochre

Synonyms:
Ocher
Other Languages:
German:Ocker

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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