Explain the distribution bauxite in the world
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Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite and haematite, the aluminium clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeO.TiO2).
In 1821 the French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village of Les Baux in Provence, southern France. In 1861, French chemist Henri Sainte-Claire Deville named the substance "bauxite.
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The distribution of bauxite in the world are as follows
- The world's greatest bauxite producers and exporters are the countries located in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
- Australia is the largest producers of bauxite in the world.
- Russia, France, China etc are the other major producers of bauxite in the world.
- India ranks in bauxite productions in the world.
- Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are the major produces of bauxite in India.
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