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Aluminum
Bauxite is an example of a mineral, quite a common one in fact. It is the most important example of an aluminum ore that we have discovered.
Because of it's hardness!
2. Bauxite is considered an Ore because it may be used as a source of metal (aluminum).
Rainy, tropical climates.
Bauxite . Chemically it is Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)