Cryolite is the chief ore of _______?

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Cryolite as the chief ore:
When a metal of requirement is extracted from a mineral that does not affect the environment or does not require high investment is known as an ore.
There are classified as four types of ores, given as; Oxide ores, Carbonate Ores; Sulphide, and Halides Ores.
Cryolite $({Na}_{3} {AlF}_{6})$ is known as the chief ore of Aluminum.
Thus, Cryolite is the chief ore of Aluminum.

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