Economic Uses of Major Mineral Groups
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What is Oxide?
Oxygen bonded with a metal
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What are examples of Oxides?
Uraninite, Ilmenite, Hematite, Magnetite, Bauzite (Gibbsite), Wulfenite
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Uraninite
Nuclear Energy
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Ilmenite
Titanium Ore; Sporting goods (golf clubs, bike frames), aircraft
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Hematite
Iron Ore, paint
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Magnetite
Iron ore, heavy concrete
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Bauxite (Gibbsite)
Aluminum
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What are Native Elements?
One element
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What are Examples of Native Elements?
Diamond, Graphite, Sulfur, Silver, & Gold
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Diamond
Jewelry, Saw Blades
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Graphite
Pencils, lubricant
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Sulfur
Medicine, matches, fungicides, glass
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Gold
Electronics, precious metals
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What are Silicates?
Silicon with Oxygen in any ratio
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What are examples of Silicates?
Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Talc, Pyroxene, and Kyanite
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Feldspar
Ceramics, Toothpaste
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Quartz
Abrasives, glass
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Mica (Muscovite)
Insulators
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Talc
Powder
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Kyanite
Spark plugs, porcelain
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What are Carbonates?
Contains CO3
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What are examples of Carbonates
Calcite, Siderite, Dolomite
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Calcite
Cement, neutralizing acids
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What are Halides?
Metal bonded w/ Halogen (Cl, F, Br, I, At)
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What are examples of Halides?
Halite, Fluorite, and Sylvite
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Halite
Salt
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Fluorite
Toothpaste, glass, steel
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What are Sulfides?
A metal bonded with Sulfur (S)
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What are examples of Sulfides?
Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, and Chalcopyrite
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Galena
PbS - Lead ore
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Pyrite
FeS2 - Sulfuric acid, iron ore
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Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 - Copper Ore
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What are Sulfates?
Contains SO4
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What are examples of Sulfates
Gypsum & Anglesite
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Gypsum
Wall board (drywall)
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