Metal Ore Minerals
"Metal ore minerals
are the minerals that are mined to obtain metal."
Gold, silver, copper, sulphur, platinum etc are native elements.
Proustite, pyrargyrite and acanthite are silver ores.
Chalcosite, chalcopyrite, covellite, bornite, cuprite, enargite, tetrahedrite, atacamite, azurite, malachite, olivenite, libethenite, cyanotrichite, brochantite, chrysocolla and dioptase are copper ores.
Sphalerite, zincite, smithsonite, gahnite, franklinite, adamite, hydrozincite, aurichalcite and hemimorphite are zinc ores.
Galena, wulfenite, crocoite, descloizite, vanadinite, mimetite, pyromorphite, linarite, anglesite, cerussite, jamesonite and bournonite are lead ores.
Garnierite, annabergite, millerite and pentlandite are nickel ores.
Ilmenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, magnetite, hematite, arsenopyrite, siderite, limonite, goethite, scorodite, vivianite, dufrenite and pharmacosiderite are iron ores.
Bauxite, turquoise, wavellite are aluminium ores.
Rutile, titanite, brookite and anatase are titanium ores.
Molybdenite, scheelite and wolframite are tungsten ores.
Manganite, haussmannite, rhodonite, pyrolusite, braunite and wad are manganese ores.
Cinnabar is a mercury ore.
Realgar and Orpiment are ores of arsenic.
Erythrite and cobaltite are the ores of cobalt.
Uraninite, torbernite, autunite and carnotite are uranium ores.
Xenotime is an yttrium ore.
Galena. By jeff-o-matic
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