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Iron rainbow
Ore types & colors vary with region of origin.
The loads that came in my Athearn RTR Southern Pacific ore cars are apparently meant to simulate Limonite... also called "bog iron".
Limonite was mainly indigenous to the New York area, extending as far south as Pennsylvania.
Athearn renders it a pale tan in color, which IMO looks awful in a model ore car.
Other ores... Hematite, Banded Hematite, Goethite, Magnetite, and Taconite range in color through black, gray, brown, purple, red, and even orange.
Magnetite & Goethite can resemble coal.
Examples:
Limonite:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Goethite:
Banded Hematite:
Taconite pellets:
Ore types & colors vary with region of origin.
The loads that came in my Athearn RTR Southern Pacific ore cars are apparently meant to simulate Limonite... also called "bog iron".
Limonite was mainly indigenous to the New York area, extending as far south as Pennsylvania.
Athearn renders it a pale tan in color, which IMO looks awful in a model ore car.
Other ores... Hematite, Banded Hematite, Goethite, Magnetite, and Taconite range in color through black, gray, brown, purple, red, and even orange.
Magnetite & Goethite can resemble coal.
Examples:
Limonite:

Magnetite:

Hematite:

Goethite:

Banded Hematite:

Taconite pellets:
