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Speaking broadly, mineral color points out the specific gravity of the mineral, as minerals that are lighter in color tend to be less dense. Darker minerals typically tend to contain more of relatively heavy elements, notably iron, magnesium, and calcium. [2] The temperature of crystallization affects what the color index of rocks tends to be. [10]
Liberia has some of the largest iron ore reserves in Africa, with iron content of 30% to 67%, in banded iron formations from the Precambrian. The high grade ores, with more than 60% are primarily hematite, while lower grade ores with 30 to 40% iron are generally magnetite. Liberia also has medium-grade deposits of mixed hematite and magnetite.
In mineralogy, an inclusion is any material trapped inside a mineral during its formation. In gemology , it is an object enclosed within a gemstone or reaching its surface from the interior. [ 1 ] According to James Hutton 's law of inclusions, fragments included in a host rock are older than the host rock itself.
Heavy minerals (dark) in a quartz beach sand (Chennai, India). Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium , titanium , thorium , tungsten , rare-earth elements , the industrial minerals diamond , sapphire , garnet , and occasionally precious metals or gemstones .
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Emery, or corundite, is a dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder. The rock largely consists of corundum (aluminium oxide), mixed with other minerals. Industrial emery may contain a variety of other minerals and synthetic compounds. Crushed or naturally eroded emery (known as black sand) is used as an abrasive. Turkey and Greece are ...
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