List of Important metals and their ores

What is a Metal?

• A metal is a material that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.
• Metals play a major role in our life. For example, the kitchen utensils, the ornaments we wear, copper in wires, steel cart..etc are all made of metals. Iron and Steel are used in automobiles, construction of houses, bridges..etc.
• Metals have become a part of our life since ancient times. Starting from hand weapons made in Iron Age, metals play a major role in our day today life.

What is a Ore?

• Ores are naturally occurring rocks that contain metal or metal compounds in sufficient amounts to make it worthwhile extracting them. For example, iron ore is used to make iron and steel.

Here, we providing a List of some Important metals and their ores. it is mainly useful for your upcoming competitive exams like SSC, UPSC etc,.

Day Today GK provides you a major List of Important metals and their ores.

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List of Important metals and their ores

S.No	Metal	Ores
1	Sodium(Na)	Chile saltpeter Trona Borax Common salt
2	Aluminium(Al)	Bauxite Corundum Feldspar Cryolite Alunite Kaolin
3	Potassium(K)	Nitrate(salt peter) Carnalite
4	Magnesium(Mg)	Magnesite Dolomite Epsom salt Kieserite Carnalite
5	Calcium(Ca)	Dolomite Calcite Gypsum Fluorspar Asbestus
6	Strontium(Sr)	Strontianite Silestine
7	Copper(Cu)	Cuprite Copper glance Copper pyrites
8	Silver(Ag)	Ruby silver Horn silver
9	Gold(Au)	Calaverite Silvenites
10	Barium(Ba)	Barytes
11	Zinc(Zn)	Zinc blende Zincite Calamine
12	Mercury(Hg)	Cinnaber
13	Tin(Sn)	Casseterite
14	Lead(Pb)	Galena
15	Antimony(Sb)	Stibenite
16	Cadmium(Cd)	Greenocite
17	Bismuth(Bi)	Bismuthate
18	Iron(Fe)	Haemethite Lemonite Magnetite Siderite Iron pyrite Copper pyrites
19	Cobalt(Co)	Smelite
20	Nickel(Ni)	Milarite
21	Magnese(Mn)	Pyrolusite Magnite
22	Uranium(U)	Carnetite Pitch blende

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Facts about Metals and Their Ores

1. Aluminum is one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust and is found in a variety of silicate ores, which are often a type of clay.

2. The most common metal ores are oxides and sulphides.

3. Sulphides are the oldest ores, formed in the Earth’s history when there was a lot of sulphur from volcanic activity.

4. Oxides formed later when photosynthesis in plants released large amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere.

5.  Iron ore is the most common element in the world and makes up close to 5% of the Earth’s crust. This makes it one of the most abundant rock elements.