• remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    Wustite, ferrous oxide, is black. FeO.

    Typical rust, usually found as hematite, is Fe2O3 and is red/brown. Also an iron oxide.

    Magnetite is also another black iron oxide, Fe3O4.

    There are quite a few other flavors of iron and oxygen too.