what are mineral sands
Mineral sands are emerging as a major mineral resource for Victoria. Mineral sands are ancient beach sands that contain concentrations of. minerals including rutile, ilmenite, zircon and monazite as well as other rare earth elements. Geology. Rutile, ilmenite and zircon originally grew as crystals in. igneous rocks such as granite, pegmatite and basalt and. some metamorphic rocks.