What are the features of bauxite?

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Bauxite is a clay substance

Bauxite is not a clay substance

Bauxite is a ferrous mineral

All of the above

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The feature of bauxite is that it is a clay substance. The aluminum content in bauxite is high. Because of that reason, bauxite plays a major role in the aluminum industry along with the gallium industry. It has colors varying from white, brown, and red. It is in Odisha where bauxite is produced in large quantities in India. It is in the southern and western parts of the state where the eastern ghats mobile belt is located in Odisha, found 95 percent of the bauxite. That is mainly in Koraput, Rayagada, etc. So bauxite is a major substance for the survival of the aluminum industry.

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