The invention discloses a process for directly purifying
quartz sand through gravity-flotation combined separation, and belongs to the technical field of
deep processing of non-metallic ores. An existing acid leaching-
roasting method is large in
pollution and high in cost, and impurities such as Fe, Ti and Al are difficult to remove at the same time through single reselection or flotation. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, crushing raw ore, performing rod milling, and classifying by a
cyclone until d90 is equal to 0.15 mm; then combined reselection is conducted through a two-section table
concentrator and a centrifugal
machine, pre-enriched concentrate with SiO2 larger than or equal to 99.2% is obtained, and the
heavy mineral removal rate is larger than or equal to 65%; then, under different pH conditions,
lauric acid, a neutral oil emulsified collecting agent and a mixed amine collecting agent are used for collecting
mica and
feldspar in a segmented mode, so that the grade of SiO2 is increased to be larger than or equal to 99.9%, and Al2O3 and Fe2O3 are reduced to be larger than or equal to 85% and larger than or equal to 70% relative to gravity concentrate; finally, deionized
water washing and
vacuum drying are conducted, and the high-purity
quartz sand is obtained. The whole process is free of
hydrofluoric acid and high-temperature
roasting, the
recovery rate of SiO2 with the size fraction of-0.6 + 0.1 mm is increased to 93-95%, product indexes are stable, equipment is conventional, and industrial popularization is easy.