产地：云南文山
特征：
菱铁矿是一种分布比较广泛的矿物，它的成分是碳酸亚铁，当菱铁矿中的杂质不多时可以作为铁矿石来提炼铁。菱铁矿一般呈薄薄一层与页岩、粘土或煤在一起。菱铁矿一般为晶体粒状或不显出晶体的致密块状、球状、凝胶状。颜色一般为灰白或黄白，风化后可变成褐色或褐黑色等。菱铁矿在氧化水解的情况下还可变成褐铁矿。硬度分类中标准矿物之一。
铁的碳酸盐矿物，成分为FeCO3。经常有锰、镁等替代铁，形成锰菱铁矿、镁菱铁矿等变种。三方晶系，晶体呈菱面体，晶面往往弯曲；集合体呈粒状、块状或结核状。显晶质球粒状的称球菱铁矿；隐晶质凝胶状的称胶菱铁矿。菱铁矿一般呈灰白或黄白色，风化后呈褐色、褐黑色。莫氏硬度4，比重3.7～4.0，随成分中Mn和Mg含量的升高而降低。热液成因的菱铁矿常见于金属矿脉中；沉积成因的菱铁矿常见于页岩层、粘土层和煤层中。在氧化带易水解成褐铁矿，形成铁帽。菱铁矿大量聚集而且硫、磷等有害杂质的含量小于0.04%时，可作为铁矿石开采。Siderite
Provenance: Wenshan, Yunnan. China
Characteristics:
Siderite is a mineral composed of iron(II) carbonate (FeCO3). It takes its name from the Greek word σίδηρος sideros, “iron”. It is a valuable iron mineral, since it is 48% iron and contains no sulfur or phosphorus. Zinc, magnesium and manganese commonly substitute for the iron resulting in the siderite-smithsonite, siderite-magnesite and siderite-rhodochrosite solid solution series.Siderite has Mohs hardness of 3.75-4.25, a specific gravity of 3.96, a white streak and a vitreous lustre or pearly luster.
It crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system, and are rhombohedral in shape, typically with curved and striated faces. It also occurs in masses. Color ranges from yellow to dark brown or black, the latter being due to the presence of manganese. Siderite is commonly found in hydrothermal veins, and is associated with barite, fluorite, galena, and others. It is also a common diagenetic mineral in shales and sandstones, where it sometimes forms concretions, which can encase three-dimensionally preserved fossils.