Assignment 2, Minerals and rocks of your country, 2/16/15
Brazil and its Minerals and Rocks
by
Linda Potter
Brazil is a huge land in South America and I sought out Encyclopedia Branntina for information on the Minerals that are there. It stated in Agriculture, fishing, and forestry that
Minerals
Brazil contains extremely rich mineral reserves that are only partly exploited, including iron ore, tin, copper, pyrochlore (from which ferroniobium is derived), and bauxite. There are also significant amounts of granite, manganese, asbestos, gold, gemstones, quartz, tantalum, and kaolin (china clay). Most industrial minerals are concentrated in Minas Gerais and Pará, including iron ore, bauxite, and gold. Mato Grosso and Amapá have most of the known manganese ore deposits. The vast majority of kaolin is found in the Amazon basin. Low-quality coal reserves are located in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Brazil also has deposits of several other metallic and nonmetallic minerals, some of which are major exports. Brazil has huge offshore reserves of petroleum and natural gas, notably in the Southeast.
Work Cited:
Encycopedia Britannica, all above information was located at the following cite, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/78101/Brazil/25091/Min 2/16/15
Nice entry this week!
ReplyDeleteI was curious about mined diamonds in this country (because I was thinking about this week's Canada blog). It seems Brazilian diamonds were discovered around 1725 by gold miners along the banks of the Rio Jequitinhonha. For more than a hundred years, the country was the world’s most important diamond source, as the famous Golconda deposit in India was nearly exhausted and South African mines were yet to be discovered....Now, diamond mining in Brazil continues today, though largely overshadowed by the output of other countries. [http://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-Diamond-Mining-in-minas-gerais-brazil]