Abstract:
Fifteen samples of soil lick were collected from HagarSari surroundings at Northern
Darfur and analyzed for elemental composition. Inductively coupled plasma technique
was used. The results show that the mean percentage mineral contents were as follow:
Aluminum (1.968%), Iron (1.707%), Potassium (0.40%), Sodium (0.1679%), Calcium
(0.1680%), Magnesium (8.6×10-2%), Manganese (0.24×10-2%),Bbarium (0.0117%),
Vanadium (0.573×10-2%), Chromium (0.51×10-2%), Strontium (0.47×10-2%), Zinc
(0.253×10-2%), Copper (0.132×10-2%),Lead (0.235×10-2%), andMolybdenum and
Nickel showed significantly low concentrations (0.044×10-2%, 0.0435×10-2%
respectively). Silver and Cobalt were not detected. Surprisingly, Aluminum and Iron
were mostabundant instead of Sodium, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium which
are normally considered to be the essential animal attractants, because they normally
showed higher concentration in the licked soil samples almost in all studies concerned
with this field for so many years in different countries.
