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Apr
Minerals Found In Beach Sands Of Kerala. The Heavy Mineral Sand deposits in Kerala contain an assemblage of Ilmenite Rutile Leucoxene Monazite Zircon and Sillimanite. Indian beach placer sand deposits are in general ilmenite-rich. Monazite is the primary ore for thorium a nuclear fuel. The Chavakkad-Ponnani CP area along the northern Kerala coast is one such deposit.
These economic importance have prompted beach sand. Heavy-mineral concentrates known as black sands occur in layers and patches along the Kerala beaches situated on the southwest coast of India. Detailed microscopic studies of 28 beach samples and 32 river bed samples from 16 west-flowing rivers of Kerala were examined. The southern Kerala forms ilmenite- sillimanite province containing essentially of these minerals with zircon whereas the northern Kerala is pyriboles-ilmenite province of essentially pyriboles and seconded by ilmenite. The golden sands of Quilon beach are rich in. Minerals of the Chavakkad-Ponnani CP beach placer sands along the North Kerala coast the association of gold with the pyriboles in these sands has been.
Most Indian beach sand ilmenites are of good quality.
These economic importance have prompted beach sand. In 200708 India produced 873000 tonnes. Beach sand minerals are primarily of 6 types – Ilmenite Rutile Zircon. It is a meta-silicate of calcium. Heavy-mineral concentrates known as black sands occur in layers and patches along the Kerala beaches situated on the southwest coast of India. The soil is loaded with a variety of inorganic minerals like Kaolin Bauxite Monozite Zircon Quartz and Silimanite.