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Mineral uses/occurrences Flashcards

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Used in jewelry, coinage and in electrical applications

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gold

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Used in jewelry, tableware, coinage and in electrical applications

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silver

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Used for electrical wire

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copper

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Occurrence: Associated with hot spring deposits

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sulfur

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Used as a dry lubricant
Occurrence: Found in pelitic metamorphic rocks

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graphite

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Occurrence: Found in kimberlites

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diamond

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found in supergene-enriched zone of copper-bearing hydrothermal sulfide deposits

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chalcocite

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Mined for lead
Occurrence: Hydrothermal deposits

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galena

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Used as an ore for zinc
Occurrence: Hydrothermal mineral associated with galena and pyrite

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sphalerite

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Used as an ore for mercury
Occurrence: Found in low-temperature hydrothermal deposits

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cinnabar

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Occurrence: found in hydrothermal deposits, igneous, met rocks and shales

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pyrite

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Used as an alloy in steel and as a dry lubricant
Occurrence: Hydrothermal vein and disseminated deposits (Climax, Colorado)

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molybdenite

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13
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Used as a filter media and in high density concrete
Occurrence: very common accessory mineral

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magnetite

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Occurrence: Found in gabbro, peridotite, and dunite

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chromite

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Used as an abrasive and is an important gemstone

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corundum

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Used as an ore of iron and as a pigment
Occurrence: Produced by weathering of minerals containing iron

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hematite

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17
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Used as a Ti ore and pigment

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both ilmenite and rutile

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18
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Used in refractory materials
Occurrence: Commonly found in marble

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brucite

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19
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Use: Primary aluminum ore
Occurrence: Created by the weathering of aluminum-rich rocks

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“bauxite”

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Used for dietary purposes
Ocurrences: Common mineral in evaporite deposits

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halite

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21
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Used to produce fertilizer

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sylvite

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Used as a flux in steelmaking and to make acid
Occurrence: Mostly found in hydrothermal veins

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fluorite

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Used for portland cement and concrete

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calcite

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24
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Used in glassmaking and wastewater treatment

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dolomite

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Used as a decorative stone
Occurrence: Oxidized portion of Cu-bearing hydrothermal systems

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malachite

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26
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Used in drilling mud

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barite

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27
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Used to make wallboard; also used in cement and as a fertilizer
Occurrence: Marine evaporite deposits

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gypsum

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Used as a Tungsten ore
Occurrence: found in skarn deposits

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scheelite

29
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Occurrence: found in the near-surface oxidized portion of Pb and Mo-bearing hydrothermal systems

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Wulfenite

30
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Used in fertilizer
Occurrence: Common accessory in igneous and metamorphic rocks

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apatite

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Used as a decorative stone in jewelry
Occurrence: hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks

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turquoise

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Used for making glass and as a source of elemental silicon

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quartz

33
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Used in making glass and ceramics

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both orthoclase and microline

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Occurrence: Most abundant mineral in Earth’s crust

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plagioclase

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Occurrence: Phenocrysts in alkali-rich silica-poor igneous rocks

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leucite

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found in alkali-rich silica-poor igneous rocks

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both nepheline and sodalite

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Used in water and radioactive waste treatment
Occurrence: Commonly found in vugs and vesicles

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analcime

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Used to make paper, filler in paints and cosmetics
Occurrence: formed by the weathering of feldspar and mica

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kaolinite

39
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Used in ceramics, paint, and cosmetics

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talc

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Occurrence: low-grade metamorphic mineral, commonly found in vesicles

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prehnite

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Used as an insulator; an asbestos mineral
Occurrence: Hydrothermally altered mafic and ultramafic rocks

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serpentine

42
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Used in electronics and paint

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Mica group

43
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Occurrence: skarns and regionally metamorphosed limestones, dolostones, and marls

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tremolite

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Occurrence: medium-grade metamorphosed mafic rocks and skarn deposits

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actinolite

45
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Occurrence: common in igneous rocks and metamorphosed mafic rocks

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hornblende

46
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Occurrence: found in high-pressure low-temperatures metamorphosed mafic rocks

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glaucophane

47
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Occurrence: very high grade (granulite facies) metamorphosed basalts

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orthopyroxene

48
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Occurrence: found in metamorphosed carbonate rocks

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diopside

49
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Occurrence: found in mafic and ultramafic igneous and metamorphic rocks

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augite

50
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Use - mined as a source of lithium
Occurrence: found in felsic pegmatites

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spodumene

51
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Occurrence: high-pressure and moderate-temperature metamorphic rocks

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jadeite

52
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Occurrence: High pressure rocks (lower crust and mantle)

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omphacite

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Used in ceramics, paint, and plastics
Occurrence: Found in metamorphosed impure ptalimestone and dolomite

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wollastonite

54
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Occurrence: Mn-bearing hydrothermal systems and skarn deposits

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rhondonite

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Used as a primary source of metallic beryllium
Occurrence: common mineral in granitic pegmatites

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beryl

56
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Occurrence: found in felsic igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks

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tourmaline

57
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Occurrence: Common mineral in med. to high-grade pelitic metamorphic rocks

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cordierite

58
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Occurrence: Contact metamorphosed limestones and altered mafic rocks

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vesuvianite

59
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Occurrence: common accessory mineral in metamorphic rocks, also found in veins

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epidote

60
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Used to make casting molds
Occurrence: Common in mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks

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olivine

61
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Used to produce the refractory material called mullite
Occurrence: found in low-temperature and pressure meta pelites

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andalusite

62
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Used to produce the refractory material called mullite
Occurrence: found in high-temperature metapelites

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sillimanite

63
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Used to produce the refractory material mullite
Occurrence: found in low to moderate temperature and moderate to high pressure metapelites

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kyanite

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Occurrence: found in both volcanic and intrusive felsic igneous rocks

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topaz

65
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Used as an abrasive and a gemstone
Occurrence: mostly found in metamorphic rocks, some found in ultramafic rocks, and occasionally found in granitic rocks

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garnet group

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Used for U/Pb dating
Occurrence: common accessory mineral in felsic igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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Zircon

67
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Occurrence: Common accessory mineral in igneous rocks and amphibolites

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titanite (sphene)

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