Mineral Sands: An Overview of the Industry
WEBGEOLOGY Mineral sands is the term given to a group of minerals commonly found and mined together from water or wind concentrated deposits. The principal valuable minerals include ilmenite (), leucoxene (), rutile (TiO2), zircon (ZrSiO4) and monazite (Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y)PO4. (Table 1).