Question

List of uses of rocks and minerals??

Answer 1

Feldspar — Feldspar is a rock-forming mineral. It is important industrially in making glass, ceramics, enamelware and soaps. It is also used in making bonding material for abrasive wheels, cements, fertilizer, tarred roofing materials and as a sizing or filler in textiles and paper.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Rocks and minerals are all around us!

Explanation: They help us to develop new technologies and are used in our everyday lives. Our use of rocks and minerals includes as building material, cosmetics, cars, roads, and appliances. In order maintain a healthy lifestyle and strengthen the body, humans need to consume minerals daily.

Rocks are very useful to us because :

like minerals, rocks are of great resource value, some directly and some as constituents of minerals.

◆ Soils are derived from weathering of rocks.

◆ Almost all types of building materials used for paving roads, floors or building walls of houses or various other structures including bridges come from rocks.

◆ Rocks are a source of precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, etc.

◆ Apart from minerals and fossil fuels, even rock wastes have now been used in manufacturing various articles