Bauxite

Bauxite, an aluminium ore, is the warld's main soorce o aluminium. 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. Bauxite mining has led tae protests, ceevil wanrest, an veeolent conflicts in Guinea, Ghana, Vietnam, an Indie. References