Fascinating features of ores and minerals
Malachite
- Malachite is mainly copper carbonate, CuCO3. Cu(OH)2.
- This green-colored mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system.
Hematite
- Hematite is the mineral of iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3).
- It is colored black to steel or silver-gray, brown to reddish brown, or red.
Magnasite
- It is the mineral of Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3),and is the ore of magnesium.
- Magnasite is a slag former in steelmaking furnaces.
- Used as a catalyst and filler in the production of synthetic rubber and in the preparation of chemicals and fertilizers.
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