Industrial minerals
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/* 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]]
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