Syllabus
Ores and minerals: Commonly occurring ores and minerals of
iron,
copper,
tin,
lead,
magnesium,
aluminium,
zinc and
silver.
Extractive metallurgy: Chemical principles and reactions only (industrial details excluded);
Carbon reduction method (iron and tin);
Self reduction method (copper and lead);
Electrolytic reduction method (magnesium and aluminium);
Cyanide process (silver and gold).
Ores and minerals of iron
Magnetite
Haematite
Limonite
Iron Pyrites
Copper Pyrites
Haematite is the principal ore.
Ores and minerals of Tin
Tin stone
Ores and minerals of Copper
Copper pyrites
Malachanite
Cuprite or ruby copper
Azurite
Copper glance
Minerals of Lead
Galena
Cerussite
Anglesite
Wulfenite
Stolzite
Minerals of Magnesium
Magnesite
Carnallite
Kiesserite
Schonite
Dolomite
Epsomite
kainite
Minerals of Alumium
Corundum
Diaspore
Bauxite
Cryolite
Feldspar, Mica, Kaolinite
Alunite or Alumstone
Turquoise
Aluminates of Magensium, Iron and Manganese
Minerals of Silver
Argentite
Pyrargarite
Proustite
Horn Silver
Minerals of Zinc
(from X book by Viraf Dalal)
Zincite
Calamine
Zinc Blende
Minerals of Gold
Mainly native gold
Nagyagite
Calaverite
Sylvanite
Krennerite
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