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10.7" Polished Bauxite (Aluminum Ore) Slab - Australia
This is a beautiful, 10.7" wide slab of bauxite (also known as laterite) mined near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Both sides of the specimen have been cut flat and one has been polished to a glossy-finish. It displays nicely on its accompanied acrylic display stand.
Bauxite is the world's primary ore of aluminum. It is a heterogeneous material consisting mostly of the minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides, goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, as well as small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeOTiO2). Australia and China are the world's two primary producers of this ore.
SPECIES
Bauxite
LOCATION
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
SIZE
10.7 x 5.3", 1.3" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#280164
