Minerals bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Finest iron ore, up to 70 percent iron.

   Item

   Magnetite

2. Clue

   Most used industrial iron ore.

   Item

   Hematite

3. Clue

   Gold and tin in valley sands.

   Item

   Placer

4. Clue

   Large mineral-filled crack in rock.

   Item

   Lode

5. Clue

   Splits into thin insulating sheets.

   Item

   Mica

6. Clue

   Brown coal of Neyveli.

   Item

   Lignite

7. Clue

   Highest quality hard coal.

   Item

   Anthracite

8. Clue

   Coalfield of the Damodar valley.

   Item

   Jharia

9. Clue

   Family tunnel mining in Meghalaya.

   Item

   Rat hole

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation