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.

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Sphalerite, zincite, smithsonite, gahnite, franklinite, adamite, hydrozincite, aurichalcite and hemimorphite are zinc ores.

 mining ores

Galena, wulfenite, crocoite, descloizite, vanadinite, mimetite, pyromorphite, linarite, anglesite, cerussite, jamesonite and bournonite are lead ores.

 zinc ore

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.

 ore mining

Bauxite, turquoise, wavellite are aluminium ores.

Rutile, titanite, brookite and anatase are titanium ores.

 peacock ore

Molybdenite, scheelite and wolframite are tungsten ores.

Manganite, haussmannite, rhodonite, pyrolusite, braunite and wad are manganese ores.

 ore minerals 

Cinnabar is a mercury ore.

Realgar and Orpiment are ores of arsenic.

Erythrite and cobaltite are the ores of cobalt.

 lead ore 

Uraninite, torbernite, autunite and carnotite are uranium ores.

Xenotime is an yttrium ore.











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