September 2015
Intermediate to advanced
512 pages
28h 46m
English
| Material | Main Applications | Main Ore Minerals | Formula | Specific Gravity | Occurrence |
| ANHYDRITE | Increasing importance as a fertilizer, and in manufacture of plasters, cements, sulfates, and sulfuric acid | ANHYDRITE | CaSO4 | 2.95 | An important gangue mineral in porphyry Cu–Mo deposits. Occurs with gypsum and halite as a saline residue. Occurs also in “cap rock” above salt domes, and as minor gangue mineral in hydrothermal metallic ore veins |
| APATITE | See Phosphates | ||||
| ASBESTOS | Heat-resistant materials, such as fire-proof fabrics and brake-linings. Also asbestos cement products, sheets for roofing and cladding, fire-proof paints, etc. | Group of six minerals with same habit, roughly 1:20 aspect ratio, thin fibrous crystals | |||
| CHRYSOTILE (Serpentized ... |
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