Abstract:

In this study, minerals in feldspar are intented to be characterized by the use of the flotation method which is one of the feldspar enrichment methods and minerological, chemical analysis. Feldspar samples are taken from Aydın Çine region. With traditional methods (XRD), it was easily determined that the main mineral of samples is albite (Na feldspar) and the secondary mineral is quartz. But; The minerals (muscovite, chlorite, rutile, sphene, ilmenite, hematite, apatite, etc.) that could be the source of elements such as iron, titanium, calcium, magnesium, could not be determined clearly due to the low concentrations in the ore. Flotation process was applied to the ore in order to determine the trace minerals in this situation where the ratio in the ore is very low and direct analysis methods are insufficient. Thus, while feldspar ore was enriched by flotation method, peaks of trace minerals in mica and heavy mineral products could be determined by XRD method.

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