Mineral Analysis and Percentages of Oxides (Hematite and Magnetite) in Two Cultivated and Uncultivated Soils in the Governorates of Al-Qadisiyah, Babylon and Najaf / Iraq

Abstract

The aim of the research is to study the mineral analysis and oxides ratios in two cultivated and uncultivated soils in the governorates of Qadisiyah, Babylon and Najaf. And the determination of the proportions of hematite and magnetite oxide minerals, the following results showed that there is a great predominance of minerals (quartz and calcite) in all the soils of the middle Euphrates, and the proportions of the following minerals were diagnosed in Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, calcite 32.8%, which came in the first place for the uncultivated soils, while the cultivated soils prevailed Quartz mineral by 47.1%, while the province of Babylon showed the predominance of the mineral calcite at a greater rate than the rest of the minerals, by 33.6%, 30.8% for cultivated and uncultivated soils, respectively, while Najaf governorate recorded the highest prevalence of quartz mineral, which amounted to 38.1%, 34.8% for cultivated soils The oxide minerals (hematite and magnetite) recorded ratios of (2.0, 1.4, 1.0, 1.7, 0.9, 1. 1) The magnetite mineral reached (2.1, 2.5, 0.9, 2.7, 2.0, 1.0) for the governorates of (Al-Qadisiyah, Babylon, Najaf) for the cultivated and uncultivated soils, respectively.