Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Mineras Chart

    Uploaded by

    api-335810779
    40 views2 pages
    This document discusses minerals and their uses. It lists gold, talc, diamond, calcite, and acrylic along with their Mohs hardness scale rating and various uses. Gold is used for jewelry due to its beauty and conductivity. Talc has a wide range of uses including paper making, plastics, paints, and ceramics. Diamond is very hard and used for grinding, cutting, drilling, and polishing. Calcite has construction and agricultural applications. Acrylic is a transparent plastic used as a glass alternative.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    mineras chart

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document discusses minerals and their uses. It lists gold, talc, diamond, calcite, and acrylic along with their Mohs hardness scale rating and various uses. Gold is used for jewelry due to its beauty and conductivity. Talc has a wide range of uses including paper making, plastics, paints, and ceramics. Diamond is very hard and used for grinding, cutting, drilling, and polishing. Calcite has construction and agricultural applications. Acrylic is a transparent plastic used as a glass alternative.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    40 views2 pages

    Mineras Chart

    Uploaded by

    api-335810779
    This document discusses minerals and their uses. It lists gold, talc, diamond, calcite, and acrylic along with their Mohs hardness scale rating and various uses. Gold is used for jewelry due to its beauty and conductivity. Talc has a wide range of uses including paper making, plastics, paints, and ceramics. Diamond is very hard and used for grinding, cutting, drilling, and polishing. Calcite has construction and agricultural applications. Acrylic is a transparent plastic used as a glass alternative.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    Carmen Kwasnik

    Computers
    October 10, 2016

    Minerals and their uses


    MINERALS

    MOHS SCALE

    USES

    Gold

    2.5-3

    Talc

    1.5

    Can be used for paper making, plastic, paint and


    coatings, rubber, food, electric cable,
    pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and ceramics. A
    coarse grayish-green high-talc rock is soapstone
    or steatite, used for stoves, sinks, electrical
    switchboards, crayons, soap, etc.

    Dimond

    10

    Can be used for grinding, cutting, drilling, and


    polishing. When used as an abrasive, very small
    pieces of diamond are embedded into grinding
    wheels, saw blades, or drill bits.

    Calcite

    It is used as a construction material, abrasive,


    agricultural soil treatment, construction aggregate,
    pigment, pharmaceutical and more.

    It can be beautifully shaped and sculpted. The


    yellow metal conducts electricity and does not
    tarnish.

    Picture of its use

    Acrylic

    3-4

    Acrylic acid, and is noted for its many useful


    properties. It is widely used in the world today for
    several purposes, offering an alternative to glass
    due to its safety.

    You might also like