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Examples of crystalline forms of iron oxides in living nature. (A) Octahedral geometry of iron. (B) Lepidocrocite, (C) goethite and (D) spinel structure of magnetite. For clarity, only oxygen is shown (blue sphere), while iron (not shown) is at the center of the polyhedral.
