Metals and their Ore Minerals
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Metal
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Common Ore Mineral
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Aluminum
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Bauxite (hydrated aluminum oxides)
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Cobalt
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Colbaltite (cobalt sulpharsenide, 36% Co)
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Chromium
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Chromite (ferrous chromic oxide, 46% Cr)
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Copper
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Native Copper Chalcopyrite (copper iron sulphide, 35% Cu) Chalcocite (copper sulphide, 80% Cu) Bornite (copper iron sulphide, 63% Cu)
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Gold
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Native Gold
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Iron
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Hematite (iron oxide, 70% Fe) Magnetite (iron oxide, 72% Fe) Siderite (iron carbonate, 48% Fe)
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Lead
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Galena (lead sulphide, 87% Pb)
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Molybdenum
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Molybdenite (molybdenum disulphide, 60% Mo)
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Nickel
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Pentlandite (nickel iron sulphide, 22% Ni)
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Silver
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Native Silver
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Tin
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Cassiterite (tin oxide, 79% Sn)
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Titanium
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Ilmenite (iron titanium oxide, 32% Ti)
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Tungsten
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Wolframe (iron magnesium tungstate, 77% WO3)
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Uranium
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Pitchblende (uranium oxide, 50-58% U3O8)
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Zinc
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Sphalerite (zinc sulphide, 67% Zn)
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