definition for: #INDUSTRIALMINERALS

NON-METALLIC MINERALS

Range of nonmetallic and nonfuel commercial minerals used in many industries. Examples include quartz, feldspar, magnesite, magnesia, kaolin, silica sand, frac sand, ilmenite, rutile, zircon, graphite, lithium, borates, fluorspar, diamonds, diatomite, limestone, bromine, potash, phosphates, nitrates, gypsum, halloysite, mica, olivine, olivine, perlite, pumice, rare earths, salt, soda ash, sulphur, sulfur, talc, wollastonite, zeolites, perlite, calcium carbonate, lime, kyanite, nepheline syenite

Industrial minerals are geological materials which are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals).