Taconite Wikipedia
Taconite (/ ˈ t æ k ən aɪ t /) is a variety of banded iron formation, an ironbearing (over 15% iron) sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or name "taconyte" was coined by Horace Vaughn Winchell () son of Newton Horace Winchell, the Minnesota State Geologist during their pioneering investigations of the ...