February 23, 2013

Principal Ores of Some Important Metals


Aluminium - Bauxite,  Kaolinite (a form of clay)

Iron  -   Haematite,  Magnetite,  Siderite,  Iron pyrites

Copper - Copper pyrites,  Malachite,  Cuprite,  Copper glanc

Zinc - Zinc blende or Sphalerite ZnS, Calamine,  Zincite ZnO