Industrial minerals 2890230 222424842 2008-06-29T07:50:01Z Sorsanmetsastaja 753808 /* See also */ Category:Economic geology '''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 after [[beneficiation]] 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]], and [[talc]]. Some examples of applications for industrial minerals are [[construction]], [[ceramic]]s, [[paints]], [[electronics]], [[filtration]], [[plastics]], [[glass]], [[detergents]] and [[paper]]. 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 TiO<sub>2</sub> rather than Ti metal). ==List of industrial minerals== *[[Construction aggregate|Aggregate]]s *[[Alunite]] *[[Asbestos]] *[[Asphalt]], Natural *[[Barite]] *[[Bentonite]] *[[Borates]] *[[Brine]]s *[[Carbonatites]] *[[Clays]] *[[Ball clay]]s *[[Kaolin]] *[[Coal]] *[[Corundum]] *[[Diamond]] *[[Dimension stone]] *[[Diatomite]] *[[Feldspar]] and [[Nepheline]] - [[Syenite]] *[[Fluorspar]] *[[Fuller's earth]] *[[Garnet]] *[[Gemstone|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 (disambiguation)|Tripoli]] *[[Soda ash]] *[[Sodium bicarbonate]] *[[Sodium sulfate]] *[[Staurolite]] *[[Sulfur]] *[[Talc]] *[[Vermiculite]] *[[Wollastonite]] *[[Zeolites]] ==See also== *[[Minerals]] *[[List of minerals]] *[[List of minerals (complete)]] [[Category:Minerals]] [[Category:Economic geology]] [[no:Industrimineral]] [[nn:Industrimineral]]