Learning and knowing some of their applications maybe a interesting thing for us, and you may find a new business idea.
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I’ve gathered some common minerals from our customers in the following and would like to share with you.
Bauxite–It is the optimum raw material for aluminum producing. It is also the most abundant metal element in the Earth’s crust. Used in automotive and airplanes (36%), bottling and canning industries (25%); kitchen cookware and foil; building and electrical (14%); personal products, like deodorants.
Barite– Used as a heavy additive in oil well drilling mud, paints, rubber, plastic and paper; production of barium chemicals and glass manufacturing.
Bentonite- It has an enormous range of potential uses. For instance, this special clay can be used as an animal feed binder, a natural soil sealant or drilling mud, a foundry sand binder, or as a stucco and mortar plasticizer.
Diatomite – Is a siliceous product organically produced by diatoms. A diatom is a single-celled organism found in fresh and salt water that under ideal conditions could divide every 8 hours. The external skeletons of these creatures are made of silica. Primarily used for filtration, but new applications are continuously being found in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceutical applications and environmental cleanup technologies.
Dolomite – (Lime) – Is the near-twin sister rock to limestone. Like limestone, it forms in a marine environment. Dolomite is used in agriculture, chemical and industrial applications;
Feldspar – A rock forming mineral; industrially important in glass and ceramic industries; pottery, porcelain and enamelware; soaps; bond for abrasive wheels; cement and glues; insulating compositions;
Granite - Granite is an intrusive igneous rock. Intrusive means that it solidified while still buried deep within the earth. Granite can be cut into large blocks and used as a building stone. When polished it is used for monuments, headstones, statues and facing on buildings. It is also suitable for railroad ballast, for asphalt and road aggregate in highway construction.
Gypsum – Processed and used as a prefabricated wallboard or an industrial or building plaster; used in cement manufacture;
Limestone – Limestone is a sedimentary rock and composed of calcium carbonate. Limestone, along with dolomite, is one of the basic building blocks of the construction industry. Limestone is used as aggregate, building stone, cement, lime, as fluxes, glass raw material, refractories, fillers, abrasives, soil conditioners, and ingredients in a host of chemical processes.
Iron Ore – Used to manufacture steels of various types. Used in metallurgy products; magnets; high-frequency cores; auto parts; catalyst and many other applications. Most U.S. production is from Minnesota and Michigan.
Phosphate rock – Used to produce phosphoric acid ammoniated phosphate fertilizers, feed additives for livestock, elemental phosphorus, and a variety of phosphate chemicals for industrial and home consumers. U.S. production is from Florida, North Carolina, Idaho and Utah.
Quartz – (silica) – As crystal, quartz is used as a semiprecious gemstone. Crystalline varieties include amethyst, citrine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, etc. Because of its piezoelectric properties, quartz is used for pressure gauges, oscillators, resonators and wave stabilizers. Also used in manufacturing of glass, paints, abrasives, refractories and precision instruments.
Quartzite – Quartzite is the metamorphic offspring of sandstone. Quartzite is typically very hard rock, which makes it useful for building stone material, and the construction industry.
Sandstone – Concrete for highways, bridges, dams, waterworks and airports; road bases and coverings, construction fill, asphaltic concrete, aggregates and other bituminous mixtures; railroad ballast, snow and ice control.
Silica – Used in manufacture of computer chips, glass and refractory materials; ceramics; abrasives; water filtration; component of hydraulic cements; filler in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, paper, insecticides;
Talc – (Soapstone) –The primary use for talc is in the production of paper. Ground talc is used as filler in ceramics, paint, paper, roofing, plastics, cosmetics, and in agriculture. You will find talc in many household products such as baby (talcum) powder, deodorant, and makeup. Very pure talc is used in fine arts, and is called soapstone. It is often used to carve figurines.
Zeolites – Used in aquaculture (fish hatcheries for removing ammonia from the water); water softener; in catalysts; cat litter; odor control; and for removing radioactive ions from nuclear plant effluent.
