Bauxite
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Sedimentary rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Sedimentary rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Red, Yellow, Brown
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Bauxite is named after Les Baux in southern France, where it was first described in 1821.
- Making one tonne of aluminium takes several tonnes of bauxite.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q102078 · All stones · All entries