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Iron ore
Form in which iron occurs naturally. Ores are primarily iron and oxygen but may include phosphorous and other elemens. Before the development of the basic Bessemer process, only high quality ores (typically Swedish) could be used for the production of iron, as high phosphorous caused numerous problems.
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