Aluminum

Coal

Copper

Diamond

Gold

Graphite

Iron

Quartz

Salt

Silver

Sulfur

Talc

1. Aluminum - Is the most abundant metal element in the Earth’s crust. Bauxite is the main source of aluminum. Aluminum is used in the United States in packaging, transportation, and building.

2. Coal - One of the world’s major sources of energy 3. Copper - This native element is used in electric cables and wires, switches, plumbing, heating, roofing and building

construction, chemical and pharmaceutical machinery, alloys (brass, bronze), electroplated protective coatings and cooking utensils.

4. Diamond - Used in cutting tools; blades, saws and also beautiful gemstones in jewelry. 5. Gold - Used in dentistry and medicine, jewelry and arts and in medallions and coins for scientific and electronic

instruments. 6. Graphite - Used in pencils and as lubricants for machinery. 7. Iron Ore - Used in the manufacture of steels of various types. Powdered iron: used in metallurgy, magnets, auto parts,

medicinal purposes, paints, printing inks, plastics, makeup, fertilizer ingredient; enamel finishes for autos and appliances.

8. Quartz - As crystals, quartz is used as gems, with numerous varieties. It is also used to make sandpaper and other abrasives, soap, and ceramics, pressure gauges, oscillators, heat-ray lamps, prisms, and spectrographic lenses, glass, paints, and it is also used in high-tech items such as radios, TVs, Clocks, watches and computers.

9. Salt - Used in diet, food seasoning and food preservation, used in ceramic glazes, curing of hides, mineral waters, soap manufacture, home water softeners, highway de-icing, photography, herbicide, fire extinguishing, nuclear reactors, mouthwash, medicine (heat exhaustion)

10. Silver - Uses include photography, chemistry, jewelry, electronics, as currency, alloys, chemical reaction vessels, water distillation, a catalyst in manufacture of ethylene, mirrors, electric conductors, batteries, plating, table cutlery, dental, medical, and scientific equipment, electrical contacts, bearing metal, magnet windings and solder.

11. Sulfur - Used for fungicides, sulfuric acid, explosives, kills bacteria, vulcanizes rubber, used in coal and fuels and fertilizers.

12. Talc - Uses include baby powder, soapstone, and in gymnastics to grip the bars.

* quartz, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, sulfur, quartz crystal, agate, gypsum, graphite, actinolite**

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Quartz, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, sulfur, quartz crystal, agate, gypsum, graphite, actinolite