An ore vein is a crack or crevice in a rock where minerals can be found.
Ore
Ore bodies.
No, Bauxite is not a type of iron ore. it is an ore of aluminum.
Minerals are minerals. An ore is a rock matrix that has a rather large amount of a certain mineral in it, hence "Iron ore", Silver ore", etc.
Iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, coal and hydrocarbons have all been found in Antarctica.
Vesicular basalt or pegmatite veins.
A mixture of minerals is called an ore
A mixture of minerals is called an ore
Ore is a rock that contains minerals , an example of an ore can be almost anything!
Ore is made up of minerals.
It is so because metals cannot be extracted from minerals in a convenient way. E.g.:- Aluminum metal is found in both minerals: clay and bauxite. Aluminum metal is extracted only from bauxite in a convenient way. So, bauxite is an ore of aluminum. On the other hand, it is not extracted from clay so clay remains only as mineral not ore of aluminum.