MINERAL SPECIMEN OF RUTILE BEACH SAND FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:30320710 |
THIS IS A SPECIMEN OF TITANIUM ORE, RUTILE (BEACH SAND). THE SPECIMEN IS IN A 3" X 1.5" JAR AND TOTAL WEIGHT 202.5 gm. IT IS FROM TIN CAN BAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. IT WAS COLLECTED IN THE 1969. THE HEAVY SANDS ALONG THE QUEENSLAND COAST WERE DREDGED BY QUEENSLAND TITANIUM LTD. AND CONCENTRATED AND SHIPPED TO LONG BEACH, CA. FROM THERE THE SAND WAS CARRIED BY RAIL TO HENDERSON, NV, THIS WAS THE ORE FEED FOR THE TIMET MILL IN HENDERSON T...HAT TURNED IT INTO TITANIUM METAL. THE SAND IS NATURAL JUST THE WAY IT WAS FOUND ON THE BEACH. MONAZITE AND ZIRCON WERE ALSO RECOVERED AS BYPRODUCTS ALONG WITH THE RUTILE. THE RUTILE CONCENTRATE IS 98% RUTILE. SEE PICTURES. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR LOOKING.
