- Industrial minerals
Industrial minerals are geological materials which are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or
mineral fuels ) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals).They are used in their natural state or afterbeneficiation either as raw materials or as additives in a wide range of applications.Examples and applications
Typical examples of industrial rocks and minerals are
limestone ,clay s,sand ,gravel ,diatomite ,kaolin ,bentonite ,silica ,barite ,gypsum , andtalc .Some examples of applications for industrial minerals areconstruction ,ceramic s,paints ,electronics ,filtration ,plastics ,glass ,detergents andpaper .In some cases, even organic materials (
peat ) and industrial products or by-products (cement ,slag ,silica fume ) are categorized under industrial minerals, as well as metallic compounds mainly utilized in nonmetallic form (as an example most of the titanium is utilized as an oxide TiO2 rather than Ti metal).The evaluation of raw materials to determine their suitability for use as industrial minerals requires technical testwork, mineral processing trials and end-product evaluation; free to download evaluation manuals are available for the following industrial minerals: limestone, flake graphite, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite and construction materials. These are available from the
British Geological Survey external link 'Industrial Minerals in BGS'.List of industrial minerals
*Aggregates
*Alunite
*Asbestos
*Asphalt , Natural
*Barite
*Bentonite
*Borates
*Brine s
*Carbonatites
*Clays
*Ball clay s
*Kaolin
*Coal
*Corundum
*Diamond
*Dimension stone
*Diatomite
*Feldspar andNepheline -Syenite
*Fluorspar
*Fuller's earth
*Garnet
*Gem minerals
*Granite
*Graphite
*Gypsum
*Kaolin
*Kyanite /Sillimanite /Andalusite
*Limestone /Dolomite
*Marble
*Mica
*Olivine
*Perlite
*Phosphate
*Potash –Potassium minerals
*Pumice
*Quartz
*Salt
*Slate
*Silica sand / Tripoli
*Soda ash
*Sodium bicarbonate
*Sodium sulfate
*Staurolite
*Sulfur
*Talc
*Vermiculite
*Wollastonite
*Zeolites ee also
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Minerals
*List of minerals
*List of minerals (complete)
*Industrial Minerals magazine
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