Oxide minerals and their features

The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) is bonded to one or more metal alloys 

Botryoidal Hematite

From Morocco

Diaspore

Chemical formula :  AlO(OH) 

Mohs Scale : 6.5 - 7  

Crystal System : Orthorhombic

Magnetite

Chemical formula : Iron(II,III) oxide 

Mohs Scale : 5.5- 6.5

Crystal System : Cubic

Konya,  Türkiye

Goethite

Chemical formula :  FeO(OH) 

Mohs Scale : 5, 5.5

Crystal System : Orthorhombic

Attepe Iron Mine - Adana, Türkiye

Goethite

Diaspore & Bauxite

Mihalıcçık Eskişehir, Türkiye

Manganese Dendrites

Black dendritic films of various visually indistinguishable black manganese oxides, may consist of birnessite, coronadite, cryptomelane, hollandite, romanèchite, todorokite or other species. 

From Kütahya, Türkiye.

Wulfenite

Chemical formula : PbMoO4 

Mohs Scale : 3

Crystal System : Tetragonal

From Mexico

Hematite

Chemical formula : Fe2O3 

Mohs Scale : 5.5 - 6.5

Crystal System : Trigonal

Melting Point : 1538 C

Goethite

Manganese Dendrites

Manganese Dendrites

From Kütahya, Türkiye


Hematite