Ironsand, also known as iron-sand or iron sand, is a type of sand with heavy concentrations of iron. It is typically dark grey or blackish in colour. It is composed mainly of magnetite, Fe 3 O 4, and also contains small amounts of titanium, silica, manganese, calcium and vanadium.

Yes, it is possible to extract iron from sand or from some rocks. To do so you have two really good options. You can use Black Sand or Iron Ore. First, let's concentrate on sand. Typically dark grey or blackish sand will have higher iron content than whiter sand. Dark brown sand doesn't mean there will be more iron than white sand.

One such ore is a type of iron oxide called titanomagnetite, which is formed as volcanic lava crystallizes. Rivers and streams wash this to the sea, and most of it ends up as "black sand" on ocean beaches everywhere, but mostly in New Zealand and California.

Active waves separate the black, magnetic sand from lighter silica sand. This magnetic sand is an iron ore called magnetite, which when combined with carbon, creates iron.