Abstract--The influence of Mn 2 § on the formation of Fe oxides at pHs of 6.0 and 8.0 and varying Mn/ Fe molar ratios (0, 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0) in the FeC12-NH4OH and FeSO4-NH4OH systems was studied by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), infrared absorption, transmission electron microscopic, and chemical analyses. In the absence of Mn ~+, lepidocrocite (-t-FeOOH) and maghemite ('y-Fe203) were the crystalline species formed at pHs of 6.0 and 8.0, respectively, in the FeC12 system, whereas lepidocrocite and goethite (a-FeOOH) and lepidocrocite were the crystalline species formed at pHs of 6.0 and 8.0, respectively, in the FeSO4 system. The amount of Mn coprecipitated with Fe (as much as 8.1 mole % in the FeC12 system and 15.0 mole % in the FeSO4 system) increased as the initial solution Mn/Fe molar ratio increased from 0 to 10.0, resulting in the perturbation of the crystallization processes of the hydrolytic products of Fe formed. At pH 6.0, the perturbation led to the formation of poorly ordered lepidocrocite, as reflected in the increasing broadening of its characteristic peaks in the XRD patterns. At pH 8.0, poorly ordered iepidocrocite and a honessite-like mineral (Mn-Fe-SO4-H20) formed in the FeC12 and FeSO4 systems, respectively.