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Appendix D: Commodities Surveyed by the Minerals Information Team
Pages 135-139

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... Barite Bauxite and Alumina Bentonite (See Clays) Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Calcareous Mar!
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... Iron and Steel Iron and Steel Scrap Iron and Steel Slag Iron Ore Iron Oxide Pigments Kaolin (See Clays)
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... Peat Perlite Phosphate Rock Platinum Group Metals Potash Precious Metals (See Gold, Silver, and Platinum Group Metals) Pumice Quartz Crystal (See Silica)
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... Stone, Crushed Stone, Dimension Strontium Sulfur Survey Methods Talc and PyrophyIlite Tantalum (See Niobium) Tellurium (See Selenium' Thallium Thorium ,".
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... Wollastonite Yttrium (See Rare Earths) Zeolites .
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Key Terms

  • crushed stone
  • oxide pigments
  • resources program
  • iron oxide
  • mineral resources

  • future challenges
  • calcium carbonate
  • steel scrap
  • rare earths
  • steel slag

  • helium indium
  • diamond diatomite
  • cesium chromium
  • diatomite dolomite
  • dimension strontium

  • pumice quartz
  • ore iron
  • germanium gold
  • cement cesium
  • ash sodium

  • nitrogen osmium
  • quarrying trends
  • scandium scoria
  • phosphate rock
  • pigments kaolin

  • trends molybdenum
  • statistical summary
  • silica silicon
  • rhenium rhodium
  • methods talc


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