MINERALS

IMPORTANT TO
SOCIETY
EARTH MATERIALS & RESOURCES
ONE MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT MINERALS ARE
IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES. FROM MORNING UNTIL
ONE SLEEPS, PEOPLE INTERACT WITH MINERALS.
MINERALS ARE COMPONENTS OF MATERIALS WE
USE, BUILDINGS WE BUILD, AND ASSETS WE KEEP.
THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT MINERALS ARE IN OUR
EVERYDAY LIFE. 
 • Home and Personal Use
• Economics
• Electronics, Infrastructure and Manufacturing
• Precious Materials and Other Uses
• HOME AND PERSONAL USE
• Aside from salt, other minerals compose some of the
items and equipment found in our houses. Feldspar is
a component for ceramics, glassware, and pottery. It is
also an ingredient in making soaps. Fluorite is also
used in ceramics and pottery. It is commonly known
as a component of toothpaste in the form of fluoride.
•Gold, silver, and platinum are made into
pieces of jewelry and other important
articles at home.
•Quartz is used for the production of glass
and fiberglass usually used at home
 • ELECTRONICS,
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND MANUFACTURING
Copper serves as an important material in electronics and wiring
because of its conductive properties.
Silver is utilized in electronics for the same reason. Silica is a
mineral that contains silicon, a metalloid that has some properties
of metals such as the ability to conduct electricity. Tungsten and
molybdenum are used widely for the filament in incandescent
bulbs because of their high melting points.
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MANUFACTURING

• Iron ores are used for stainless steel production. Other

minerals that are important to electronics, infrastructure
and manufacturing are: Barium, chromite, cobalt, copper,
molybdenum, and nickel serve as alloys in the production
of other metals. Bauxite is an ore where aluminum is
derived. It is important to produce cement for
construction.
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MANUFACTURING

• Copper and lead are also utilized widely in the

construction field. Quartz, in the form of sand, is also
valuable in construction and manufacturing. Graphite,
known in your pencil "lead”, can also be used in
manufacturing.
 • ECONOMICS
• Mining of minerals contribute to the gross domestic product
(GDP) of a country. Gold is used as a reserve and serves as a
backup for currencies. The amount of reserves of gold
correlates to inflation. If the central bank of a country buys
gold, the country’s currency is affected because of the
fluctuations in the supply and demand of the currency.
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OTHER USES
•Some minerals are used as gemstones. Rubies
and sapphires contain aluminum oxide.
Emeralds are from the mineral beryl. Quartz is
also considered as a semi-precious mineral.
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USES
• Diamond, a form of carbon, is considered as the most precious
mineral. It is also the hardest mineral (10 on the Mohs Scale).
Though commonly used for jewelry, some uncut diamonds are
placed as additive for metal cutters because of its hardness. In
some cases, minerals are used in the medical field. Examples
of these minerals are barium that is a helpful additive to
medicine in x-rays of the digestive system, and iron which is
used to treat anemia.
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minerals important to society. Provide tips on
how we can responsibly use these minerals.
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the uses of these minerals

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