Iron Ore

Iron Ore

25/04/2015

This is how iron looks like when it comes out of the ground: a large chunk of rust. This is called bog ore and also in the Netherlands it can be found, especially in the marshes. For a lump iron ore to make a tool, the iron must be heated first in a very hot oven so everything that is not iron melts. Then the hot iron which is left behind should be edited with a heavy hammer.

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