This table shows the uses of some common minerals:
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| Baby powder, soapstone, gymnastics to grasp bars | |
| Gypsum | Wall board, Plaster of paris |
| Bauxite | Aluminum foil, Airplane parts/ aluminum |
| Copper | Tubing, electrical wires, sculptures |
| Borax | Antiseptic soaps/welding flux or cleaner-found in dry lake beds |
| Sulfur | Fungicides, kills bacteria, vulcanizes rubber, in coal and fuels |
| Muscovite (Mica) | White, gray material in electrical insulators |
| Halite | Salt |
| Calcite | Hard water deposit/part of limestone rock of ancient sea beds/forming along shores of the Great Salt Lake |
| Limonite /Taconite | Source of Iron / around Cedar City |
| Feldspar | Ceramics and porcelain, colors in granites (not black) |
| Quartz
(massive type) Quartz crystal |
Glass manufacturing/Radios/computers /electronic equipment |
| Diamond | Cutting tools/ blades/ saws |
The following are links to photographs of other minerals.
Aragonite Barite Chert Graphite Hematite Magnetite Malachite Pyrite Selenite Tourmaline (in apatite)
