Teams,+Important+Minerals,+Study+Area+and+Mineral

​ Please fill out the information needed in the table below. List **ALL** the minerals mined in your study area and the uses for each in table below.

Ida Know || //Gold// Silver Diamonds || Congo or the DRC || Gold-jewelry, high end electronic connectors Silver-jewelry, silverware, coins Diamond-jewerly, cutting tools || Eoanna || Asbestos || Toledo, Ohio || ** Please explain where they get these minerals in Toledo, Ohio I grew up near there and I never saw these types of mines in Toledo Calcite** – art, decor , Copper Mica Bauxite Manganese Kaolinite Fire clay Graphite Kainite Chromite Asbestos Sillimanite Gold Silver || Ranchi, Jharkhand, eastern India || Iron ore- weapons, tools, horseshoes, iron-rimmed wagon wheels, bridges, trains, cars, buildings, ships, etc. Copper- piping, electrical application like wiring, architecture and industry, household productions, coins, etc. Mica- production of pearlescent pigments, toothpaste, make up, provide structure for heating wire, greases for axles, etc. Bauxite- aluminum Manganese- applications for this is steel, aluminium alloys, unleaded gasoline , coins, etc. Kaolinite- ceramics, medicine, coated paper , as food additive in toothpaste, as light diffusing material in white incandescent light bulbs , cosmetics, paint, etc. Fire clay- ceramics, fire brick Graphite- consumed for refractories, steelmaking, expanded graphite, brake linings, foundry facings and luvbricants Kainite- fertilzer Chromite- used as refractory material Asbestos- fire retardant coatings, concrete, bricks, pipes and fireplace cement, heat, fire, and acid resistant gaskets, pipe insulation , ceiling insulation, fireproof drywall, flooring, roofing, lawn furniture, drywall joint compound, etc. Sillimanite- for manufacture of high alumina refractories or 55-60% alumina bricks Gold- monetary exchange, jewelry, medicine, food and drinks, industry, electronics, etc. Silver- precious metal, currency, jewelry, silverware, dentistry, photography, electronics, solder and brazing, mirrors and optics, nuclear reactors , catalyst, medicine, food, clothing || Danny Ward || diamond || **Sierra Leone, Africa.** || ** Diamonds,** Jewerly and drill bits Eric Mason || Copper || Chile || **Copper**- electrical wiring, alloys, computers, circuits, chips, currency-penny, and two radioactive isotopes of copper. Silviu Pavel || silver || El Salvador || Gold-jewelry and electronics Gypsum-plasters, tofu, fertilizers,blackboard chalk Copper-wiring and power conductor Lead-tools, construction, batteries, bullets radiation shields Zinc-Rubber and electronics, batteries Titanium- dental sporting goods jewelry. mobile phones || Burns || quartz || Shenzhen City, China || zinc - Used for seramics,rubber,footwear and electronics. copper - used for power generation, transmission and wiring buildings. nickel - can be used in orthopedic surgery and used to make stainless steel molybdenum ore - used mainly only in machinery || Ryan Serpa || gold || Sibutad, Zamboanga || == == Jessica Berk || silver || Nevada, U.S.A || **BARITE-** Drilling muds; manufacture of rubber; bowling balls; medical purposes sierra Leone ||  || metallic ores include: gold, copper, silver, zinc, and non-metallic minerals like sand, gravel and sulfur.  What are these minerals used for? || Perchess || diamonds || Angola || manganese-coins, gas,alloys(alluminums),steel copper-coins, piping,wireing,household items. gold-jewelery, PC circuits, coins, some medicines, and grillz =) phosphates-detergents, fertilizers, water softeners granite-landscaping, road base, concrete aggregate, fill, stone facings, monuments, countertops, wall tile, sculpture, floor tile, rock climbing activities marble-tables, pillars, counters, building materails,clocks, hot plates. uranium-nuclear weapons,used for glazing and painting glass,food, smoke detector, medicine. quartz-sandpaper, optics, glass, liquid filters, circuit boards, computer components, cement and mortar, and jewelry. lead-weights, belts, roofing material, candles, cables, tools, bullets. zinc-for your body, and wound healing. wolfram-mainly in electrical applications tin-pipes, steel,tinfoil, cans,ding dong gas, and for making glass. fluorite-steel,aluminum,glass, used for cooking. sulfur- agriculture,tires, acid, explosive,and medicine. feldspar-ceramic pots, glass and silverware kaolin, mica-paint, makeup, drywall, in stoves, glass, and in the plastic and rubber industry asphalt-roads, concrete, soil, ground,preserve mummies along time ago gypsum-wallboards,agriculture,cement, and plaster talc-deoderants, diampers, can be used as lubricant, powder, and in some medicine. ||
 * ~ Student Names ||~ Minerals ||~ Study Area ||~ Mineral Uses ||
 * Fakey McExample &
 * Alex Elizalde || Copper || Zambia ||  ||
 * Megan Harford &
 * Celestite** –. jewelry, used to remeber your dreams
 * Diamonds** – jewelry, accerories
 * Dolomite** – construction and building product applications ,glass and ceramics manufacture
 * Flint –** building material, Ceramics
 * Fluorite –** steel ,production ,aluminium, opalescent glass, enamels and cooking
 * Galena** – . used as a crystal
 * Gold** – jewlery, capping of teeth
 * Gypsum** – plaster, fertilizer, soil conditioners
 * Hematite** – jewelry
 * Melanterite –** decor
 * Pyrite** – production of sulfur dioxide ||
 * Sumi Cha & Alfred || Iron ore
 * Kevork Boyadjian &
 * rutile,** it is used for a refractory ceramic, as a pigment, and for the production of titanium metal.
 * bauxite,** production of aluminum
 * gold,** jewerly
 * iron ore,** major part of steel
 * ilmenorutile,** welding rods
 * platinum,** jewerly
 * chromite,** production of stainless steel
 * manganese,** an alloy of steel
 * cassiterite,** production of tin cans
 * molybdenite,** production of specialty lubricants ||
 * Stacey Cherukara &
 * Aluminum**-packaging, construction, transportation, and electrical applications.
 * Gold-**jewelry**,** electronics, medicine, dentistry, computers, awards, pigments, guilding, coinage and optics.
 * Silver-**industrial uses, jewelry and silverware, and photography.
 * Manganese-** steel making, plant growth, and manufacture vital enzymes for the metabolism of fats and proteins.
 * Iron Ore-** steel making**,** for construction, automobiles, and other forms of transportation such as trucks, trains and train tracks.
 * Lead-** electronics, glass based products**,** metal products**,** plastic or rubber products, wire and cable insulation, storage batteries, ammunition.
 * Zinc-**protective coating of iron and steel, main alloy for brass, paint pigments, wood preservative, television tubes, coatings.
 * Iodine-** salt, water purification, radioactive fallout, herpes virus.
 * Nitrate-** fertilizer, preservation of food, explosives, cigarette production, metal works, and production of glass. ||
 * Carlos Garcia &
 * Rita Baturin & Cassidy
 * Hardik Patel &
 * Pyrite: production of tires, explosives, disinfectants, medicines, ink, wood preservatives, dyes, matches, and sulfuric acid.
 * Quartz: making glass, electronic, gemstone.
 * Gypsum: plaster, chalk, fertilizer.
 * Barite: medicinally as an indicator, as a filler in paper and playing cards, as a paint pigment or as a lubricant when added to drilling mud.
 * Sphalerite: ore of zinc, a mineral dietary supplement, and rustproofing material.
 * Galena: used in storage, batteries, cable covering, plumbing, ammunition, insecticides
 * Epidote: exceptional crystals can produce some magnificent specimens
 * Molybdenite: specialty libricant
 * Magnetite: as insulation for windows, and in toner.
 * Hematite: ore of iron, pigment
 * Gold: Jewelry, electronics, dentistry, glass making, medical, computers, aerospace, mobile phones etc.
 * Graphite: pencil lead, oil, lubricant
 * Cinnabar: traditional chinese medicine.
 * Copper: electronics, electricity, currency, health.
 * Platinum: Jewelry, wire, and vessel for laboratory, precious device and instruments.
 * Malachite: jewelry
 * Nickel: electronics, power tools, transport and emergency power supply.
 * Salt: Food, melting snow,
 * Cobalt:stainless steels, electroplating ,porcelain, glass, pottery, tiles, and enamels, paint pigments. ||
 * Adriana Lukovic &
 * DIATOMITE -** Filters; absorbents; kitty litter.
 * DOLOMITE -** Nutritional additives; building stone.
 * GOLD -** Dentistry and medicine; scientific and electronic instruments (computers, telephones, vehicle airbags, cameras, televisions, video cassette recorders, compact discs); as an electrolyte in the electroplating industry; jewelry and arts; medallions and coins; ingots as a store of value.
 * GYPSUM -** Prefabricated wall board; industrial or building plaster; cement manufacturing; agriculture.
 * LEAD -** Lead batteries; gasoline additives; solders, seals, and bearings; TV tubes; TV glass; construction; communications; protective coatings; ceramics and crystal glass; tubes or containers; type metal or foil; X-ray and gamma radiation shielding; soundproofing material in construction; ammunition.
 * LIMESTONE -**Concrete aggregate; lime - the chief raw ingredient in cement; fertilizer and soil conditioner; a flux in the melting of iron; paints; plastics; livestock feed as a source of calcium.
 * LITHIUM -** Ceramics; glass; in primary aluminum production; in the manufacture of lubricants and greases; rocket propellants; vitamin A synthesis; silver solders; underwater buoyancy devices; batteries.
 * MAGNESITE -** In the chemical industry; refractory materials.
 * MOLYBDENUM -** In alloy steels to make automotive parts, construction equipment, gas transmission pipes, stainless steels for water distribution systems, food handling equipment, chemical processing equipment, home, hospital, and laboratory requirements; tool steels bearings, dies, machining components; cast irons steel mill rolls, auto parts, crusher parts; lubricants as catalysts, paint pigments, corrosion inhibitors, smoke and flame retardant, dry lubricants.
 * PERLITE -** Soil conditioner
 * PETROLEUM -** Diesel, kerosene, stove oil, and asphalt
 * SALT -** Road de-icing
 * SILICA-** Glass (Nevada's is mainly used in bottles and jars).
 * SILVER-** Photography; chemistry, electronics; currency; alloy; lining vats and other equipment for chemical reaction vessels and water distillation; jewelry; catalyst in manufacture of ethylene; mirrors; electric conductors; batteries; silver plating; table cutlery; dental, medical and scientific equipment; electrical contacts; bearing metal; magnet windings; brazing alloys, solder.
 * SULFUR-** In manufacture of sulfuric acid, fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, dyestuffs, petroleum refining; vulcanization of rubber; fungicides.
 * TUNGSTEN-** Metalworking; construction and electrical machinery and equipment; transportation equipment; as filament in light bulbs; as a carbide in drilling equipment; in heat and radiation shielding; textile dyes, enamels, paints and for coloring glass.
 * ZINC-** As protective coating on steel; die casting; as an allying metal with copper to make brass; in rubber and paints; electroplating; metal spraying; automotive parts; electrical fuses; anodes; dry cell batteries; fungicides; nutrition; chemicals; roof gutter; engravers' plates; cable wrappings; organ pipes; in pennies; and in additives to lubricating oils and greases. Zinc oxides: in medicine, in paints, as an activator and accelerator in vulcanizing rubber; as an electrostatic and photo conductive agent in photocopying. ||
 * Joana || diamonds || somewhere other than
 * Ariana and Laksmi || copper || Cordilleras, Philippines || Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Actinolite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Anilite, Baryte, Biotite, [|Bismuthinite], [|Chalcocite] , [|Chalcopyrite] , [|'Chlorite Group'] , [|Colusite] , [|Covellite] , [|Diaspore] , [|Dickite] , [|Enargite] , [|Epidote] , [|Famatinite] , [|Galena] , [|'Garnet Group'] , [|Gold] , [|var: Electrum] , [|Graphite] , [|Gypsum] , [|Hematite] , [|var: Specularite] , [|Idaite] , [|Illite] , [|Jarosite] , [|Kaolinite] , [|Luzonite (TL)] , [|Magnetite] , [|Marcasite] , Metallic ores, [|Molybdenite]
 * Eman Issaghi & Matt
 * Ivan Marlin || Gold || Indonesia || ** not a mineral-coal -** Generate electicity
 * tin-** Cans
 * nickel-** Rechargable batteries
 * copper-** Used in computer chips, Electrical devices.
 * gold-** Jewlery ||
 * Patrick Dymora || Gypsum || El Salvador ||  ||