Uses of Industrial Minerals Rocks and Freshwater

Kaulir Kisor Chatterjee1604565233, 9781604565232, 9781607414001

This book discusses the uses of minerals. Today over 3,000 minerals have been reported and named of which 1800-2000 have been studied and described fully. We are able to gainfully use only around 100 or so minerals. Of course, none of these ‘usable’ minerals can be consumed as such by the people. They can neither be eaten, nor worn, nor fought with. They have to be converted to various products that can be used by them for living their material lives. Through interactions amongst different minerals, innumerable materials are turned out for fulfilling our material needs. And though there are some uni-product minerals, the majority of the minerals are the ones each of which eventually yields a multiplicity of final consumable products.However, in today’s fast developing world, there is always a multiple choice available for technologies and grades of input materials. So, technology and input materials can be chosen to suit any grade of a mineral that is available in nature. The only constraints are the market price and the cost of mining the mineral. The cost always has to be less than the market price, the vagaries of which limit the range of flexibility regarding the specifications of grade. But, even if these specifications are not flexible enough at some point of time, the principles underlying the specifications remain valid all the time. And those principles, rather than the specifications, are emphasised in this outstanding book.

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Table of contents :
USES OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ROCKS AND FRESHWATER……Page 3
CONTENTS……Page 9
PREFACE……Page 13
INTRODUCTION……Page 15
PART I: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS……Page 21
ASBESTOS……Page 23
HISTORY……Page 24
GRADES OF ASBESTOS……Page 25
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 26
USES AND SPECIFICATIONS……Page 27
WASTE UTILIZATION……Page 29
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM……Page 30
SUBSTITUTION……Page 31
HISTORY……Page 35
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 36
USES……Page 37
BORAX AND RELATED MINERALS……Page 45
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 46
USES……Page 47
VARETIES OF CALCITE……Page 55
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 56
USES……Page 58
CALCITE AND ENVIRONMENT……Page 61
USES……Page 63
DEFINITION……Page 67
HISTORY……Page 69
GENERAL PROPERTIES OF CLAY……Page 70
CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLAY……Page 75
BENEFICIATION……Page 83
USES AND SPECIFICATIONS……Page 84
CLAY – BALL CLAY……Page 95
USES……Page 96
HISTORY……Page 99
USES AND SPECIFICATIONS……Page 100
PROCESSING……Page 103
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 104
USES AND SPECIFICATIONS……Page 105
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 111
ACTIVATION……Page 112
USES……Page 113
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 115
SUBSTITUTES……Page 116
CLAY – OTHERS……Page 119
HISTORY……Page 125
RECOVERY……Page 126
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 127
USES……Page 129
SUBSTITUTION……Page 131
CRITERIA OF USES……Page 135
USES……Page 136
HISTORY……Page 137
TYPES OF DIAMOND……Page 141
TYPES OF DIAMOND DEPOSITS……Page 142
RECOVERY……Page 143
CRITERIA OF USE……Page 144
USES……Page 147
WASTE UTILIZATION……Page 149
SUBSTITUTION……Page 150
DIASPORE……Page 153
USES……Page 154
DIATOMITE……Page 157
DOLOMITE……Page 165
EMERALD AND ITS VARIATIONS……Page 175
FELDSPAR (FELSPAR)……Page 181
FLUORITE (FLUORSPAR)……Page 189
GARNET……Page 201
GEMSTONES – MISCELLANEOUS……Page 207
GRAPHITE……Page 217
GYPSUM……Page 239
KYANITE-SILLIMANITE-ANDALUSITE……Page 253
LATERITE……Page 257
LIMESTONE GROUP OF MINERALS……Page 261
MAGNESITE……Page 285
MICA……Page 301
OCHRE……Page 317
PERLITE……Page 321
PHOSPHORUS AND ITS MINERALS……Page 327
POTASH……Page 345
PYROPHYLLITE……Page 355
ROCKSALT (HALITE)……Page 363
RUTILE……Page 369
SALTPETRES……Page 379
SILICON AND ITS MINERALS……Page 391
STAUROLITE……Page 423
SULPHUR AND ITS MINERALS……Page 425
TALC-STEATITE-SOAPSTONE……Page 439
TOURMALINE……Page 453
TRONA AND NAHCOLITE……Page 457
VERMICULITE……Page 459
WOLLASTONITE……Page 463
ZEOLITE……Page 467
ZIRCONIUM MINERALS……Page 477
PART II: INDUSTRIAL ROCKS……Page 493
DIMENSION STONE……Page 495
CRUSHED STONE……Page 529
ROCKS – OTHER USES……Page 533
PART III: FRESHWATER……Page 539
GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE FRESHWATER……Page 541
REPERTORY OF USES OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS……Page 559
GLOSSARY……Page 551
INDEX……Page 567