What is Bauxite? | Rock & Gem Magazine
What is bauxite? It is the sole ore of aluminum, a coarsely grained, loosely consolidated conglomerate with a muddied, reddish-brown color. ... Table of Elements), the basis of a multi-billion-dollar-mining industry, and the second-most widely mined of all metal ores. Few mineral collectors own—or have even seen—a bauxite specimen. That's ...