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Just catching up after being away for 3 weeks so I am

reading all the new stuff in the files too :-)

 

One of the places I visited in Provence was a village called Les Baux perched

high up on the side of the Alpilles, a small mountain range. It is one

of the areas where the mineral Bauxite is found and so I acquired some in

a little crystal shop .

I haven't had time to work with it yet but wondered if anyone

knew anything about it. Colour - red to brown.

 

blessings

Karen

 

 

 

 

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bauxite

bauxite

Pronounced As: bôksit, bok- , mixture of hydrated aluminum oxides usually

containing oxides of iron and silicon in varying quantities. A noncrystalline

substance formerly thought to be a mineral, bauxite is claylike and earthy

and ranges in color from white to deep brown or red according to the nature

and quantity of its components. Bauxite occurs characteristically in

pisolitic form, i.e., composed of small, round concretions. Its composition

varies, alumina constituting from about 50% to about 70%. Bauxite is widely

distributed, important deposits occurring in Africa, South America, Russia,

the West Indies, France (notably at Baux, where it was first discovered and

from which it received its name), and the United States (Alabama, Arkansas,

and Georgia). It is the chief source of aluminum and of its compounds,

including alumina, alums, and alundum. It is used in the preparation of

abrasives and as a refractory for spark plugs and furnace linings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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