Table 1 Chemical composition of hematite and quartz samples (wt%).

From: Starch vs. tannin as biodegradable reagents for ultrafine hematite depression

Minerals

XRF analysis (%)

Fe2O3

LOI

SiO2

TiO2

Al2O3

P2O5

BaO

K2O

Na2O

MgO

MnO

Hematite

95.55

0.54

2.81

0.014

0.48

0.05

0.12

0.07

0.05

0.08

0.16

Quartz

1.00

0.17

97.75

0.07

0.75

0.24