Telluric iron

Description

Native metallic Iron. Telluric iron is extremely rare with the only known quarry used in the past is on an island off Greenland (Ogden 2000). Most ancient metallic iron was obtained as Meteoric iron.

Synonyms and Related Terms

telluur ijzer (Ned.)

Resources and Citations

• J. Ogden, "Metals" in Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 166.