40 Common Minerals on The Earth

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  1. Aluminum -The most rich metal element in Earth's crust.
  2. Antimony -A native element; antimony metal is extracted from stibnite ore and other minerals.
  3. Barium -A dense metal contained in barite.
  4. Bauxite -Rock composed of hydrated aluminum oxides.
  5. Beryllium -Used in the nuclear industry and to make light, very strong alloys used in the aircraft industry.
  6. Clays
  7. Chromite
  8. Cobalt
  9. Copper -Used in building construction, electric and electronic products (cables and wires, switches, plumbing, heating); transportation equipment; roofing; chemical and pharmaceutical machinery; and alloys (brass, bronze and beryllium alloyed with copper are particularly vibration resistant); alloy castings; electroplated protective coatings and undercoats for nickel, chromium, zinc, etc.
  10. Feldspar -A rock-forming mineral.
  11. Fluorite (fluorspar)
  12. Gallium -Gallium is used in light-emitting diodes (LEDs),integrated circuits, solar cells etc.
  13. Gold -Used in jewelry and arts.
  14. Gypsum -Handled and used as prefabricated wallboard.
  15. Halite (sodium chloride--salt) -Used in human and animal diet.
  16. Indium -Indium tin oxide is used for electrical conductivity purposes in flat panel devices - most commonly in liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
  17. Iron Ore -Used to production steels of various type.
  18. Lead -Used in lead-acid batteries.
  19. Lithium -Compounds are used in ceramics and glass
  20. Manganese -Ore is essential to iron and steel manufacture.
  21. Mica -Micas normally occur as flakes, scales or shreds.
  22. Molybdenum -Used in alloy steels to make automotive parts.
  23. Nickel -Vital as an alloy to stainless steel.
  24. Perlite -Expanded perlite is used in building construction products like roof insulation boards.
  25. Platinum Group Metals (PGM) -Includes platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium.
  26. Potash -A carbonate of potassium.
  27. Phosphate rock
  28. Pyrite
  29. Quartz (silica) -As a crystal, quartz is used as a semiprecious gem stone.                Rare Earth Elements (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium ytterbium and lutetium)
  30. Silica -Aluminum and aluminum alloy producers and the chemical industry are major users of silicon metal.
  31. Silver
  32. Sodium Carbonate (soda ash or trona) -Used in glass container manufacture.
  33. Sulfur
  34. Tantalum -A refractory metal with unique electrical, chemical and physical properties.
  35. Titanium -Titanium mineral concentrates are used primarily by titanium dioxide pigment manufacturers.
  36. Tungsten -More than half of the tungsten spent.
  37. Uranium
  38. Vanadium
  39. Zeolites
  40. Zinc

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