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Bauxite, an aluminium ore, is the warld's main soorce o aluminium.[1] It consists maistly o the minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite γ-AlO(OH) an diaspore α-AlO(OH), mixed wi the twa airn oxides goethite an haematite, the clay mineral kaolinite an smaa amoonts o anatase TiO2.[2][3]

Bauxite mining has led tae protests, ceevil wanrest, an veeolent conflicts in Guinea, Ghana, Vietnam, an Indie.[4]

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  1. ↑ "BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Making aluminium". web.archive.org. 25 Februar 2018. Archived frae the original on 25 Februar 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2024.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "The Clay Minerals Society Glossary for Clay Science Project". web.archive.org. 16 Apryle 2016. Archived frae the original on 16 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Annales des mines ou Recueil de memoires sur l'exploitation des mines et sur les sciences qui s'y rapportent (Analysis of hydrated alumina from Les Beaux, department of the Mouths-of-the-Rhone), Annales des mines, 1st series, 6 : 531-534. 1st (in French). Annals des Mines, Treuttel et Wurtz. 1821. pp. 531–534.
  4. ↑ "The Vietnamese Bauxite Mining Controversy: the Emergence of a New Oppositional Politics - ProQuest". www.proquest.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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