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    1. The document identifies minerals important to society such as quartz, feldspar, calcite, silver, copper, gold, zinc, talc, nickel, olivine, and chalcosine/chalcopyrite. 2. It describes how these ore minerals are found through surface mining techniques like strip mining or subsurface mining using tunnels or shafts. 3. The minerals are then mined and processed for use in applications such as jewelries, ceramics, construction materials, electrical conductors, medicines, and more.

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    1. The document identifies minerals important to society such as quartz, feldspar, calcite, silver, copper, gold, zinc, talc, nickel, olivine, and chalcosine/chalcopyrite. 2. It describes how these ore minerals are found through surface mining techniques like strip mining or subsurface mining using tunnels or shafts. 3. The minerals are then mined and processed for use in applications such as jewelries, ceramics, construction materials, electrical conductors, medicines, and more.

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    1. The document identifies minerals important to society such as quartz, feldspar, calcite, silver, copper, gold, zinc, talc, nickel, olivine, and chalcosine/chalcopyrite. 2. It describes how these ore minerals are found through surface mining techniques like strip mining or subsurface mining using tunnels or shafts. 3. The minerals are then mined and processed for use in applications such as jewelries, ceramics, construction materials, electrical conductors, medicines, and more.

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    Minerals Important To Society

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    Donna Claire Angus
    1. The document identifies minerals important to society such as quartz, feldspar, calcite, silver, copper, gold, zinc, talc, nickel, olivine, and chalcosine/chalcopyrite. 2. It describes how these ore minerals are found through surface mining techniques like strip mining or subsurface mining using tunnels or shafts. 3. The minerals are then mined and processed for use in applications such as jewelries, ceramics, construction materials, electrical conductors, medicines, and more.

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    OBJECTIVES:

    1. Identify the minerals important to society

    2. Describe how ore minerals are found, mined,


    and processed for human use
    MINERALS
    IMPORTANT TO
    SOCIETY
    Quartz
     One of the toughest and widespread mineral
     Makes nice jewelries in the form of amethyst, rock
    crystals and smoky quartz.
     Quartz is also part of every computer and optical
    devices in the form of silicium (silicon)
    Feldspar
     A group of silicate minerals that compromise a large
    portion of the Earth’s crust
     Highly useful as a resource for ceramics, pottery
    (clay minerals play a role here), and construction
    materials
    Calcite / Aragonite
     Veryimportant resources for a variety of
    economical activities like cement production,
    paints, filing materials, glass and ceramics

    CALCITE ARAGONITE
    Silver

     Used for electrical


    conductors,
    photography, dental
    and medical uses

     Also used in making


    jewelries
    Copper

     Itis used for electrical


    conductors, motors,
    appliances, piping and
    in metal alloys
    Gold

     usedin medical and


    dental equipment

     Also
    used in electrical
    conductors, and mostly
    in making jewelries
    Zinc
     usedfor protective
    coatings for steel,
    casting alloys, and
    extensively in
    medicines
    Talc
     Used
    in paper
    manufacturing

     Widelyused in the
    cosmetic industry
    Nickel

     primarily used to
    manufacture
    stainless steel
    Olivine
     It may be found in basalts which is what most people
    know
     It can be beautifully green and of “gemstone quality”
    Chalcosine / Chalcopyrite
     These two minerals are actually different but
    together the most important source of copper –
    second best electrical conductor

    CHALCOPYRITE
    CHALCOSINE
    HOW ARE ORE MINERALS
    MINED?
    WHAT ARE ORE MINERALS?
     An ore is a special type of rock that contains a large
    amount of a particular mineral

     Itcan be removed from large formation of rocks


    through a process known as mining

     Ores can be mined in a number of ways, including


    strip mining, surface mining, & subsurface mining
    SURFACE MINING
     Itallows extraction of ores that are close to the Earth’s
    surface
     This includes the strip mining
    STRIP MINING
    SUBSURFACE MINING
     Used when the materials being mined are
    below the Earth’s surface

     This means that the mining must occur below


    the surface as well because the resources can’t
    be accessed from surface level

     Consists of digging tunnels or shafts to reach


    buried mineral deposits
    SUBSURFACE MINING
    ..\Desktop\Extraction and Processing of Minerals & the En
    vironmental Impacts of Mineral Use Video & Lesso.mp4

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