Darling Range, Western Australia, Australia
Bauxite is a residual rock mainly formed by aluminum hydroxides and oxy-hydroxides (boehmite, diaspore, and gibbsite) and minor iron oxydes and oxy-hydroxides. Currently, it is one of the main source of aluminum.
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4.19 Bauxite Specimen from Lecce nei Marsi, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. #oxides |
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4.20 Bauxite Specimen from Lecce nei Marsi, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy #economic minerals |