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Magnetite and Haematite are iron ores.

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The above statement is true.
Magnetite and Haematite are iron ores. From these black or brownish-black colored magnetites, permanent magnets can be made. Hematite has a color of metallic gray with thick crystals. Haematite can be found as precipitated under the rivers and can be extracted from it. It also occurs due to volcanic eruptions. Iron ores such as magnetite, hematite, limonite, siderite, goethite, and taconite have different shades of black, gray, and red colors. The category of iron ore is the major raw material for many metallurgical industries such as steel. In the steel industries, pig iron prepared by using iron ore is used to make steel.

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