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Agriculture · Q651

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 651

Q651

Which one of the following minerals is the main source of boron in soils?

A.
Pyrolusite
B.
Tourlamine
Answer
C.
Hematite
D.
Hemimorphite

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Tourlamine is the one mineral among the given options that is the main source of boron in soils.
Tourmaline is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium or potassium.
It occurs as long, slender to thick prismatic and columnar crystals that are usually triangular in cross-section.