Table 9 The tonnage of individual economic mineral in the studied area.

From: Separation, reserve estimation and radioactivity responsibility of the economic heavy minerals of East El- Arish black sand, North Sinai, Egypt

Economic heavy mineral

Sand dune

Beach

Economic heavy minerals %

The average reserve(ton)

Economic heavy minerals %

The average reserve(ton)

Magnetite

0.058

593,774.98

0.112

445.93

Ilmenite

1.341

13,728,487.15

2.526

10,057.23

Leucoxene

0.073

747,337.48

0.063

250.83

Rutile

0.060

614,249.98

0.086

342.41

Zircon

0.203

2,078,212.45

0.410

1,632.41

Monazite

0.007

71,662.50

0.024

95.56

Titanite

0.006

61,425.00

0.005

19.91

Garnet

0.167

1,709,662.46

0.716

2,850.74

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