Do you know what industrial minerals are?
Industrial minerals are generally defined as minerals that are not sources of metals, fuel, or gemstones. So what are they? The most widelyused industrial minerals include limestone, clays, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, potash, pumice, and talc. Some of the industrial minerals commonly used in construction, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, and cement, are called .
