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Mineral sands are emerging as a major mineral resource for Victoria. Mineral sands are ancient beach sands that contain concentrations of. minerals including rutile, ilmenite, zircon and monazite as well as other rare earth elements. Geology. Rutile, ilmenite and zircon originally grew as crystals in. igneous rocks such as granite, pegmatite and basalt and. some metamorphic rocks.
Close-up (1Ã1 cm) of sand from the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. It is defined by size, being finer than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e. a soil containing more than 85% sand-sized particles by mass.