Amarkantak plateau, Maikal hills and the plateau region of Bilaspur-Katni are known for the presence of ________.
bauxite
The correct answer is bauxite.
The bauxite found in the Amarkantak, Maikal hills, and Bilaspur-Katni areas is typically high-grade and occurs as caps on the plateau tops. Bauxite is not a single mineral but a rock composed mainly of aluminium hydroxide minerals such as gibbsite $\left( \text{Al(OH)}_3 \right)$, boehmite $\left( \gamma\text{-AlO(OH)} \right)$, and diaspore $\left( \alpha\text{-AlO(OH)} \right)$, mixed with iron oxides, clays, and other impurities. Its formation is a result of intensive chemical weathering (laterization) of various rocks, often under tropical and subtropical conditions with alternating wet and dry seasons.
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