The summer wind, came blowin' in-from across the sea. It lingered there, to touch your hair-and walk with me. All summer long, we sang a song-and then we strolled that golden sand. Two sweethearts, and the summer wind. Like painted kites, those days and nights-they went flyin' by.
Iron is a trace mineral needed to make hemoglobin, the protein needed to carry oxygen throughout the body. Hemoglobin gives red blood cells their color, and stores most of the body s iron supply. Iron is also stored in muscle tissue, and helps supply the muscles with the oxygen needed to make them contract.
Percentage Amount in the Human Body: 0.006%. Obtained From: Iron is a common element in many minerals. The minerals goethite, hematite (ferric oxide), lepidocrocite, magnetite (iron oxide) and siderite (iron carbonate) are all mined for iron. The largest concentrations are in iron-rich sedimentary rocks, and such deposits are mined in Russia, Brazil, China, Australia, India and the USA.%.