mdung rtse smug po
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mdung rtse smug po med. mineral smug nag [bcag tse mdung so ltar dum bur 'gyur ba zhig ste, ro bska, zhu rjes bsil, nus pas rus chag sbyor, mig gsal, klad par rmas skyon shor ba sogs la phan,.. [IW]
mdung rtse smug po med. mineral smug nag [IW]
(med) Hematite, Fe2O3 (Phrin Las 1987). Synonyms : smug po chig thub, smug po mdung rtse, smug po sbal rgyab, mdung rtse dkar po (mindat.org, Yeshi 2018). It is usually the cause of red soils all over the planet. Steel-grey to black in crystals and massively crystalline ores, dull to bright "rust-red" in earthy, compact, fine-grained material. The 'hematite' used in jewelry, and often sold as magnetized items, is is an artificially created material, Magnetic Hematite. (mindat.org).
(med) Goethite (Drungtso 1999). Goethite is a mineral of silky-metallic lustre and yellow to reddish brown color. The most common simple iron oxide mineral. A weathering product of numerous iron-bearing minerals. May form due to mineralization of lichen (Parmelia conspersa) thalli on metamorphics (e.g., gneisses), granites, feldspars (mindat.org). Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:05, 18 November 2021 (UTC)