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Bauxite

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Colour:Shades of brown, ...
Name:After the locality at Baux (or Beaux), near St. Reny, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
A Mixture Of:Böhmite, Diaspore, Gibbsite


A mixture, and rock, comprised of iron and aluminium Hydroxides/Oxides. The primary ore of aluminium.
Originally described from Mas Rouge, Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Classification of Bauxite

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Physical Properties of Bauxite

Colour:Shades of brown, red-brown, and yellow-brown

Other Names for Bauxite

Synonyms:
BeauxiteCliachiteKliachiteKljakiteWocheinite
Other Languages:
Arabic:بوكسيت
Bosnian (Latin Script):Boksit
Bulgarian:Боксит
Catalan:Bauxita
Croatian:Boksit
Czech:Bauxit
Danish:Bauxit
Dutch:Bauxiet
Esperanto:Baŭksito
Estonian:Boksiit
Finnish:Bauksiitti
French:Bauxite
Alumine hydratée des Baux
Galician:Bauxita
German:Bauxit
Beauxit
Greek:Βωξίτης
Hebrew:בוקסיט
Hungarian:Bauxit
Italian:Bauxite
Japanese:ボーキサイト
Korean:보크사이트
Lithuanian:Boksitas
Malayalam:ബോക്സൈറ്റ്
Norwegian (Bokmål):Bauksitt
Norwegian (Nynorsk):Bauksitt
Polish:Boksyt
Portuguese:Bauxita
Romanian:Bauxită
Russian:Боксит
Serbian (Cyrillic Script):Боксит
Simplified Chinese:铝土矿
Slovak:Bauxit
Spanish:Bauxita
Beauxita
Swahili:Boksiti
Swedish:Bauxit
Turkish:Boksit
Ukrainian:Боксити
Vietnamese:Bauxit

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Bauxite

Reference List:Berthier (1821), Ann. mines: 6: 531.

Dufrénoy (1844): 2: 347.

Dufrénoy (1847): 3: 799.

Deville (1861): Annales de chimie et de physique, Paris: 61: 309.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 667.

Burragato F. – (1964) Analisi mineralogica e confronto tra alcune bauxiti dell'Italia centrale e meridionale. Periodico di Mineralogia – Roma pp. 501-520.

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    Localities for Bauxite

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Arrawatta Co.
    		R.E Brown and W.J Stroud, Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, 1997.
      • Cunningham Co.
        • Trundle
    		Narromine 1:250 000 Mine Data Sheets
    • Northern Territory
    		www.smenet.org/opaque-ore/ix_d49_3.htm.
    • Queensland
      • Cape York Peninsula
    Mining Annual Review (1985): 130.
    • Western Australia
      • Darling Ranges
        • Del Park
    		Mining Annual Review(1985):364.
        • Huntley
    		Mining Ann. Review(1985):364.
        • Willowdale
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 364.
      • Pilbara Region
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 364.
      • Saddleback
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 364.
    Mining Annual Review (1985): 330.
    Austria
     
    • Lower Austria
      • Wiener Neustadt
        • Dreistetten
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Salzburg
      • Salzburg
        • Untersberg massif
          • Glanegg
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    • Styria
      • Hieflau
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Tyrol
      • North Tyrol
        • Inn valley
          • Kramsach
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Upper Austria
      • Windischgarsten
        • Laussa valley
          • Unterlaussa
            • Weißwasser
    		Ruttner, A. (1954)
    Ruttner, A. (1954)
    Ruttner, A. (1954)
    Ruttner, A. (1954)
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
     
    • Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Central Bosnia Canton
        • Vlasenica
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 527.
      • Una-Sana Canton
    		http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1995/9407095.pdf.
    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Nova Lima
    		Spier, C.A., Barros de Oliveira, S.M., Rosière, C.A., and Ardisson, J.D. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 229-254.
        • Ouro Preto
        • Poços de Caldas plateau
    		www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.
    Cambodia
     
    Chad
     
    • Logone Occidental Region
      • Moundou
    China
     
    • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
      • Baise Prefecture
        • Napo Co.
    		www.chinamining.org/Facts/2006-09-29/1159510064d1417.html
    • Hainan Province (Hainan Island)
      • Ding'an Co.
        • Penglai
    		www.chinamining.org/Facts/2006-09-29/1159510064d1417.html
    • Henan Province
      • Luoyang Prefecture
        • Xin'an Co.
          • Xin'an bauxite field
    		http://www.mineralmundi.com/zhangyaoyuan-bauxite-mine-10118016.htm
    www.chinamining.org/Facts/2006-10-13/1160721315d1548.html
      • Zhengzhou Prefecture
        • Gongyi Co.
    		http://www.smartminerals.com/cina2004/art_China_localities.htm
    • Shanxi Province
      • Lyuliang Prefecture
        • Fenyang Co.
    		Pui-Kwan Tse (1989): Mineral industries of Asia and the Pacific. US Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 62-91.
        • Jiaokou Co.
    		http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
        • Lishi Co.
    		http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
        • Xiaoyi Co.
    		http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
      • Xinzhou Prefecture
        • Baode Co.
    		http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
      • Yangquan Prefecture
        • Kuang District
    		www.chinamining.org/Facts/2006-09-29/1159510178d1418.html
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
    • Yunnan Province
      • Qujing Prefecture
        • Huize Co.
    		Qian, Z.Z., Hou, S.G., Zhang, Z.J., Jiang, C.Y., Xu, Z.B., Tang, D.M., and Gao, H.G. (2006): Geological Bulletin of China 25(4), 492－495.
      • Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture
        • Yanshan Co.
    		Liu Hanhe (2007): Mineral Resources and Geology 21(1), 47-51.
    Dominican Republic
    http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2004/caribbeanmyb04.pdf.
    http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2004/caribbeanmyb04.pdf.
    France
     
    • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
      • Bouches-du-Rhône
        • Les Baux-de-Provence
    		S. Caillère and Th. Pobeguin : "Quelques Aspects Microscopiques de la Gibbsite dans les Bauxites du Mas Rouge (Région des Baux)", Bull. Soc. Fr. Minéral. Cristallogr., 1967, XC, N°3, 414-416
      • Var
        • Brignoles
    		Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
        • Cabasse
    		Self collected by S. MAURY
    Self collected by S. MAURY
    Ghana
     
    • Bekwai District
      • Affoh-sefwi
    		http://www.minport.com/showmrds-W001836.html
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Western Attikí District
        • Elevsís (Eleusis; Elefsis; Elefsina; Lepsina; Lefsina)
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
        • Mandra (Manfra)
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
        • Megalo Pefko area
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
        • Megara
    • Sterea Hellas Department
      • Fokís Prefecture
        • Mt Parnassus (Parnassos; Dhírfis Oros; Dírphys; Tírfis)
          • Delphí (Dhelfi; Dhelfoi; Delphes)
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
    Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
    Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
    Rocks & Min.: 23: 121; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
      • Fthiótis Prefecture
        • Lokris
    		No reference listed
    Guinea
     
    • Boké Region
      • Boké Prefecture
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 448.
    • Friguia
    		Mining Ann. Review(1985):448.
    • Kindia Region
      • Kindia Prefecture
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 448.
    Guyana
     
    • Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 352.
    • Upper Demerara-Berbice
    		Mining Annual review(1985):352.
    Mining Annual Review(1985):352.
      • Kwakwani Region
        • Berbice River
    		Mining Ann. review (1985): 352.
      • Linden District
    		Mining Ann. Review(1985):351.
    Mining Annual Review (1985): 352.
    Mining Ann. Review (1985): 351.
    Haiti
     
    • Grand'Anse Department
      • Miragoâne Arrondissement
    		Mining Ann. Review (1985): 360.
    Hungary
     
    • Baranya Co.
      • Villányi Mts.
        • Nagyharsány
    		Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    • Fejér Co.
      • Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin
        • Bicske-Csordakút
    Mining Ann. Review(1985):525.
      • Vértes Mts.
        • Gánt
    		Szakáll: 100 Hungarian Mineal Locality, 2004
    • Nógrád Co.
      • Cserhát Mts.
    		Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    • Pest Co.
      • Pilis Mts.
    		Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    • Veszprém Co.
      • Bakony Mts.
        • Fenyőfő
    		Mining Annual Review(1985):525; Steblez, W.G., Min. Ind. of Hungary - 1998.
    Steblez, W.G., Min. Industry of Hungary - 1998.
    Collection of Mesics Gábor
    Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
    Szakáll-Gatter-Szendrei: Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
    Mining Ann. Review(1985):525.
        • Nyirád
    Szakáll: 100 Hungarian Mineral Locality, 2004
    Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    India
     
    www.mpgovt.nic.in/mineralresources/
    Indonesia
     
    • Sumatera Island (Sumatra Island)
      • Riau Province
        • Bintan Island
    		Mining Annual Review (1985): 400.
    Italy
     
    • Puglia
      • Lecce Province
    		P. Sciacca -Alcune considerazioni geologico-minerarie sulle bauxiti della penisola Salentina Industria Mineraria (1966), 17(2), 55-59.
    Jamaica
     
    • Saint Annes Parish
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Qostaney Oblysy (Kostanai [Kustany] Oblast')
    		Economic Geology; June 2003; v. 98; no. 4; p. 787-795
    Malaysia
     
    • Johor
      • Batu Pahat (Bandar Penggaram)
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 31; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Aug, 1947).
    Rocks & Min.: 23: 31; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Aug, 1947).
      • Kampong Pengerang (Kampog Pengerang)
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 31; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Aug, 1947).
      • Kuala Kim
        • Kampong Perigi Achih
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 31; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Aug, 1947).
    • Melaka
      • Bukit Sebarang
    		Rocks & Min.: 23: 31; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Aug, 1947).
    Montenegro
     
    Puerto Rico
    Yale Peabody Museum
    Yale Peabody Museum
    Russia
     
    • North-Western Region
      • Leningradskaya Oblast'
    Sierra Leone
     
    • Guma Water
    		Econ Geol (1986) 81:1278-1285
    Slovenia
     
    • Ljubljana
    		Janez Zavašnik collection
    Surinam
     
    • Marowijne District
      • Moengo
    		Mining Ann. Review (1985):355; Rocks & Min.: 22:832.
    • Para District
    		Mining Ann. Review (1985): 355.
      • Paranam
    		Rocks & Min.: 22:832.
    • Wanica District
      • Lelydorp
    		Mining Ann. Review (1985):355.
    UK
     
    • Northern Ireland
      • Co. Antrim
        • Ballymena
    		S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
    USA
     
    • Alabama
      • Barbour Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Calhoun Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Chambers Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
      • Henry Co.
    		Mineralogy of Alabama Geol Surv Ala. Bull120
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    • Arkansas
    		Arkansas Geological Commission
    Arkansas Geological Commission
        • Bauxite
    		Rocks & Min.:63:122; Stroud, et al(1969).
    • California
      • Riverside Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Georgia
      • Bartow Co.
    		Rocks & Min.:64:185; Spencer(1893).
      • Floyd Co.
        • Bobo District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Macon Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Polk Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    • Massachusetts
      • Dukes Co.
    		Gleba, 1978. Massachusetts Mineral & Fossil Localities
    Morse, 1923.The Bauxite Deposits of Mississippi
    Parks, 1961. Calhoun County Geology and Ground-Water Resources
      • Pontotoc Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Tippah Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Winston Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Nebraska
      • Johnson Co.
        • Elk Creek
    		The Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska CSD U Neb EC 2
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell Co.
        • Bee Creek
    		Mineral Commodity Files,Asheville Regional Office,North Carolina Geological Survey
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Columbia Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Marion Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Multnomah Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Polk Co.
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Tennessee
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
        • Hampton District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
        • Stony Creek District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Texas
      • Donley Co.
        • Clarendon area
    		Self-Collected In August 2005 by David Aldridge and Wayne Aldridge
    • Virginia
      • Augusta Co.
        • Houston
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
        • Spottswood Bauxite District
          • Spottswood
    		Rocks & Min.:60:165.
    Rocks & Min.: 60:165.
    Venezuela
     
    • Bolívar
      • Los Pijiguaos Hills
    		Mining Ann. Review (1985): 227 & 357.
    Vietnam
     
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