Which metal can be extracted from each one of the following ores:
(a) bauxite (b) calamine (c) haematite.
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Solution
Bauxite is an ore of -Aluminium
Zinc-Calamine is a historic name for an ore of zinc. The name calamine was derived from lapis calaminaris, a Latin corruption of Greek cadmia , the old name for zinc ores in general. The name of the Belgian town of Kelmis, La Calamine in French, which was home to a zinc mine, comes from that.