CONDITIONS OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCE AND BEHAVIOR DURING BAUXITE FORMATION
- Authors: Boeva N.М.1, Shipilova E.S.1, Makarova M.A.2, Vnuchkov D.A.2, Melnikova K.P.2, Slukin A.D.2, Zhegallo E.A.2, Zaitseva L.V.2, Bortnikov N.S.2
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 523, No 1 (2025)
- Section: MINERALOGY
- Submitted: 28.04.2025
- Accepted: 28.04.2025
- Published: 11.06.2025
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-7397/article/view/289670
- ID: 289670
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A comprehensive study of the distribution of titanium in lateritic-sedimentary bauxites from the Central deposit in Western Siberia, Sangaredi (West Africa), and in in situ bauxites from the Mainpat plateau deposits in India has been conducted. It has been found that titanium in bauxites presents as a relict (anatase, titanomagnetite) form and hypergenic (anatase, rutile) minerals, dispersed forms, as well as newly formed crystals (rutile), each of which exhibits specific morphological and geochemical characteristics. The distribution and forms of titanium occurrence in bauxites have a direct influence on the technological parameters of bauxite processing, which is crucial for optimizing the aluminum ore enrichment processes
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N. М. Boeva
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: boeva@igem.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2793-7173
Russian Federation, Staromonetny per., 35, Moscow, 119017
Elena Serafimovna Shipilova
Email: lena.geomsu@gmail.com
M. A. Makarova
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: frolikovam@gmail.com
научный сотрудник
Russian Federation, MoscowD. A. Vnuchkov
Email: dim89060471812@mail.ru
K. P. Melnikova
Email: melnikovaks123@gmail.com
A. D. Slukin
Email: Slukin1931@mail.ru
E. A. Zhegallo
Email: zhegalo@pin.ru
L. V. Zaitseva
Email: zayzeva@mail.ru
N. S. Bortnikov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: bns@igem.ru
академик, научный руководитель
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