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Minerals

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Uses

A	B
quartz	silicon chips
muscovite mica	fizzes when powdery; makeup
potassium feldspar	ceramics, glass
calcite	fertilizer, cement
biotite mica	used to identify rocks
galena	ores for lead and glass, used for paints
flourite	toothpaste
hematite	iron ore
halite	table salt
pyrite	fools gold
hornblende	interesting to scientist and collectors
graphite	can write with it, used in pencils
magnetite	iron ore
sulfer	artificial fertilizer
azurite, malachite	copper ores
gypsum	insulator for walls

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