Mineral Sands | Mineral Commodities Ltd
Mineral sands are old beach, river or dune sands that contain concentrations of the important minerals rutile, ilmenite, zircon and monazite. These 'heavy' minerals have a relative density of between 4 and 5.5g/cm 3 and are much heavier than common sand minerals such as quartz which has a density of around 2.65g/cm 3.