Bauxite, an aluminium ore, is the warld's main soorce o aluminium.[1] It consists maistly o the minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite γ-AlO(OH) an diaspore α-AlO(OH), mixed wi the twa airn oxides goethite an haematite, the clay mineral kaolinite an smaa amoonts o anatase TiO2.[2][3]

Bauxite wi US penny for comparison

Bauxite mining has led tae protests, ceevil wanrest, an veeolent conflicts in Guinea, Ghana, Vietnam, an Indie.[4]

References

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  1. "BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Making aluminium". web.archive.org. 25 Februar 2018. Archived frae the original on 25 Februar 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2024.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "The Clay Minerals Society Glossary for Clay Science Project". web.archive.org. 16 Apryle 2016. Archived frae the original on 16 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  3. Annales des mines ou Recueil de memoires sur l'exploitation des mines et sur les sciences qui s'y rapportent (Analysis of hydrated alumina from Les Beaux, department of the Mouths-of-the-Rhone), Annales des mines, 1st series, 6 : 531-534. 1st (in French). Annals des Mines, Treuttel et Wurtz. 1821. pp. 531–534.
  4. "The Vietnamese Bauxite Mining Controversy: the Emergence of a New Oppositional Politics - ProQuest". www.proquest.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 November 2024.