Friday, February 11, 2011

How do you use minerals?

What minerals do you use everyday?  What minerals are all around you that you didn't realize?  Go to the link below.  Chose one of the links: building a house, in the kitchen, around the home, etc.  List all of the materials which contain minerals.  What minerals are found in each of them.

Minerals Around Your House

152 comments:

Peters,Jennifer said...

I never reralized it, but I use tungsten and graphite and thingss like that every day! We use:
-Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.
-Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also. The properties for pens and paper is it is strong, rigid and impermeable.
-Paints and pencils which is made from a mixture of clay and graphite(a type of carbon). This has properties that include soft, easily powered and opaque.
These are just some of the thingds we use everyday. Especially lightbulbs!

Schirmer,Brandon said...

The zeolites are a group of minerals used in washing powders to soften 'hard' water.To keep fresh and smelling sweet many people dust themselves with talcum powder. The fluoride in toothpastes is a chemical made from the mineral fluorite.

Peters,Jennifer said...

Those are things used around the home. I forgot to put that on my first post.

Anonymous said...

-jill stange
Light bulbs
Wolframite is an ore mineral of the metal tungsten. Tungsten is used to make the filament in light bulbs.
Tungsten:
Strong
Has a very high melting point so its good to be used in lightbulbs

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Savard, Samantha said...

The site I picked was in the kitchen...
Knives, forks and spoons are usually made from stainless steel

Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals.

Glass is made of quartz.

Pots and pans are made from metal -stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium.

Cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium.

Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonate.

Halite is the mineral name for common salt - the kind you would put on your fish and chips.

Anonymous said...

@jen Really! That's really interesting! I love graphite things!!

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

Halite is the mineral name for common salt.Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonat.
Cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium, which comes from a material called bauxite.
Pots and pans are made from metal. Fluorine is used to make non sticky teflon it comes from the mineral fluorite. Plates, glasses, and mugs; knives, forks and spoons. They are all made from minerals.
Knives, forks and spoons are usually made from stainless steel. Stainless steel is made by mixing molten iron with another metal called chromium which stops the steel from rusting.Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals ond time it has been fired ,clay is fairly hardwearing.

Mauricio,Courtney said...

I didnt realize it but gypsum is used in plaster casts!!! -Some properties are easy to shape when wet, strong and rigid when set,
quick to harden.
Whoa and themometers have mercury made from cinnabar some properties are it is a liquid at room temperature, and expands with increasing body temperature. This is for health and medicines

Peters,Jennifer said...

@Brandon
That's very interesting, I didn't know we washed and brushed our teeth we minerals! There are sooo many more too, it's amazing!:)

Luke said...

When i told my dad we were studying minerals, he told me all kinds of minerals used in medicine. it ws kinda wierd. think about it, your taking stuff that was mostly in the ground, and putting it in your body. yuck. anyway, benedryl contains clay. Thats wierd. And car brakes are made from asbestos. x2 yuck. or maybe x2 death.

Peters,Jennifer said...
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Gerdes,Austin said...

zeolites are a group of minerals used in washing powders to soften water.To keep fresh and smelling sweet many people dust themselves with talcum powder. The fluoride in toothpastes is a chemical made from fluorite

Schirmer,Brandon said...

@ JENN

i never knew that we use that much graphite and tungsten everyday.


P.S you spell the word things like that.

LaGrangeBonnie said...

I use tungsten every day. I use lightbulbs and pens everyday. I had never even heard of tungsten let alone know I used it everyday.

Mauricio,Courtney said...

@ Samantha Savard

Wow glass is made of quatz??? Thats really cool i'll have to tell my mom or something... lol. But thats really cool, and halite is salt??? Whoa creepy... but cool

Luke said...

@ brandon
we also put flouride in tap water, and a little too much at that. according to CNN's Sandra Gupta (MD) the large flouride intake is affecting children.

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

@jill i didnt know wew used so much minerals everyday like brushing our teeth wow its interesting.

LaGrangeBonnie said...

@ Sam I guess we never really notice how much we use minerals in the kitchen! I think this website is like british or something though. Fish and chips and fizzy drinks? haha :)

Lamping Ally said...

Stainless steal contains molten iron and chromium which are both from minerals.
plates and cups are usually made from clay minerals.
cans and tins are made of alumminum which comes from a material called bauxite.
Cleaning products are also made of minerals such as calcium carbonate.
salt is made of halite which is common salt! (:

Savard, Samantha said...

@Jill
The only thing you put for what minerals are around the home is light bulbs I am almost positive there are alot more than that

Anonymous said...

I didn't know that a light bulb ,pens,paper,paints,and pencils and i didn't know that thease where minials
I also didn't know that eating-salt,cleaning products,cans,tins,pots,pans, drinking glasses,crockery,cutlery I had no idea that thease where minials
Sarah Savard

ReddingtonDavid said...

lightbulbs, pens pencils, film and batteries and flower pots all have minerals. i didn't know flower pots had minerals.

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

Im doing around the kitchen.
i never realized i used all of these minerals i use everday!
Halite- is used in Salt
Clay minerals- Is used in cleaning products, and also in plates, bowls,and regular cups.
Aluminum-is used in Cans and fizzy drinks.\
Metal, Stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium- are used in pots and pans.
Quarts crystal- is used in glass drinking glasses.
Stainless steel- is in knives, forks ,and spoons.

Lamping Ally said...

@ Bonnie (:
I know isnt it crazy how you have been using these things all your life and are just now realizing that they are minerals?! Haha and yeah it would have to be british I have never had a "fizzy drink"!

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

@ jen peters
i didnt know tungsten is in pencils and paper! i use those about everyday!

Anonymous said...

I knew that we used minerals... but I never knew we used them everyday!!
I thought it was cool was the things that make stainless steal!

ReddingtonDavid said...

@ Brandon
i never even heard of the zeolites

Anonymous said...

Vermiculite is used in flower pots! Vermiculite is:
:Easy to shape when wet
:Strong and rigid when fired
:Impermeable when fired

Vermiculite is a mineral which expands when it is heated. It is used as an ingredient in potting mixes to improve drainage.

kallmeyer, bridget said...

I use minerals like lead.

I did not know that cars, trains, plane, cleaning your teeth, washing your clothes, clocks, watches, jewellery, tin cans and aluminium foil, all use/are minerals.

Iloked in the,around the home minerals and found out that; tungsten, is in pens and papper, and makes the filaments in light bulbs. Paints and pencils
are made of a mixture of clay and graphite. Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals are often used for film and batteries. Flower pots re made of clay minerals

Anonymous said...

-jill stange
Light bulbs are made of Wolframite Tungsten is used to make the filament in light bulbs.

Pens and paper
The writing tips of pens are made with a strong metal called tungsten which comes from wolframite and scheelite ores.

Paper is usually made of wood pulp mixed with minerals like clays, mica, talc and baryte.

Paints and pencils
Lead pencils do not contain lead. The 'lead' is made of a mixture of clay and a mineral called graphite - a form of carbon.

Film and batteries
mineral salts. Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals are often used in photography.

Flower pots
Clay minerals are used to make ceramic flower pots. When it is dried and fired in a kiln, clay produces hardwearing pots.

Rembold,Abby said...

I chose kitchen.
The minerals in a kitchen are plates, glasses, mugs, knives, forks and spoons.
Minerals found in them are stainless steel, which is made from iron and chromium.
stainless steel:
*strong
*rigid
*hard
*does not rust

Rembold,Abby said...

@luke

how do you put clay in bendrly? thats gross.

Andrew Gibbous McCarthy said...

building a house.

The bricks and tile used to build a house are made of clay.Cement is also made up of clay,limsone,and other minerals including one called gypsum. Gypsum is also used to make plaster board. The most used metal is iron but steel is also used but is covered in a diffrent metal so it doesnt rust like zinc. glass windows are made of quartz.

In the kitchen

forks spoons and knifes are made of stainless steal.Clay is used to make plates bowls cups and mugs. Pots and pans are made of metal such as stainless steal cast iron and other metals.

health and medicine

Casts are made of plaster soaked in water and the plaster is made up of a mineral called gypsum. Thermometers are made up of a metal called mercury but it is mustly liquid at times

Kresser Jacob said...

I did in the kitchen
Culery is made of stainless steel and it doesnt rust
Crocker is like clay mixture and it is a heat storer
Drinking glasses are made from quartz sand and at a high temp you can mold it
Pots and Pans are also made from stainless steel and it uses a nonstick reastant coat like on winter coats to make water slip off
Tin cans are acully made of steel but with a protective layer of tin
to make it not rust
Cleaning supplys are made from calcium carbonate and it starts as grainy
And table salt its made from helite which is a rock salt material

Henson,Megan said...

I knew that knives, forks and spoons are usually made from stainless steel. I also knew pots and pans are made from metal - stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium. I also knew that cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium, which comes from a material called bauxite.

I didn't know that plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals. I also didn't know quartz is the major ingredient of glass. I also didn't know hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonate. I also didn't know that Halite is the mineral name for common salt - the kind you would put on your fish and chips. It is an essential part of our diet.

Andrew Gibbous McCarthy said...

@ david

yes flower pots have minerals in it just to make the pot

Julia Greve said...

i didn't know that emery boards where made of corundum and magnetite. and i also didnt even know about washing soap powder- The mineral halite or salt, is used to make the soda crystals that we use to remove stains.

Sydney,Vest said...

Everyday i use iron. I had absoultly no idea. I choose the link In The Kitchen. Knives, forks and spoons are made from stainless steel. Stainless steel is made by mixing molten iron with another metal called chromium. Iron and chromium both come from minerals. I had no idea!

Julia Greve said...

@ peters
i wondered once of twice what it was made of, but i never thought about the minerals

Sydney,Vest said...

wow! jenn, i had no idea how many minerals were in my house! and the light bulbs, tungsten!

stalbaum,lauren said...

I think it is really cool how we use minerals everyday!!! on some of the old fridges they used to have lead lineing, and i think that is a mineral.

Tedesco.Jake said...

Light bulbs are made of Wolframite Tungsten is used to make the filament in light bulbs,pens and paper

Tungsten:is very
Strong
Has a very high melting point so its good to be used in lightbulbs

stalbaum,lauren said...

@ courtney
ha! i never knew that! well thats really cool that it is used in casts! :)

Anonymous said...

I use all kinds of minerals a day!
The number one is Cutlery. Which is stainless steal. This is found in some of our silverware.
All minerals around me are some items in the kitchen...
are bowls.plates.mugs ETC.
These items are made out of clay minerals. i Never thought about minerals in that way.
MINERALS
- pots and pans
- drinking glasses
- crockery
- cultery
i never thought about minerals in that way
--Sydney Polking--

Alana Gulley said...

I never really realized that minerals were every where i turned such as places like: School, Home, Store and many other places. minerals are in things like utencils, such as spoons for ks knives ect. Also minerals are included in the bricks usually used to build buildings or the house you live in. minearls are also in your either carpet floors or hard wood floors,!(:

CameronIan said...

fluoride is the chemical made from fluorite annd is use in the tooth paste we use in the morning and nights.

brendanmarchetti said...

Drinking glasses arent really made out of glass there made out of quarts that was melted down and formed into a cup shape. And forks, knifes and spoons are made out of stainless steel and thays why the dont rust. plates bowls and mugs are made out of clay minerals. all of these minerals are in a kichten.

Alana Gulley said...

@Sydney Polking
Neither did i its kind of amazing that we use minerals with almost everything! haha and i never would have had a clue that the mostly used mineral is cutlery! so thanks for that information!!!!!!(:

waters,gabrielle said...

I never knew that we so much minerals every day. The minerals i did not know that had them in them was food, untensals, pencials, lightbulbs and most of the bulding. There are a lot of minerals that i did not know of. If we did not have minerals we would not have a lot of things.

Alec said...

I am doing objects in the kitchen. the objects that i found were plates,glasses,mugs,knives,forks,and spoons. i never realized that all of these things are made from minerals. knives,forks,and spoons are made of iron and chromium which both come from minerals.these are all minerals that we use in our kitchen everyday.

Henry Minning said...

The minerals we use everyday are:
Lightbulbs, Pens, Pencils and Paper, bowls, plates, silverware, and aluminum cans. Alot of the materials, like light bulbs are made of tungstun.

Garvey, Emily said...

Kitchen.
It's so cool that we use this many minerals a day!
Halite- is used in Salt
Aluminum- Cans.
Metal, Stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium- are used in pots and pans.
Quarts crystal- is used in glass drinking glasses.
Stainless steel- is in knives, forks ,and spoons. (:

Anonymous said...

@ abby R
I also did kitchen and i forgot about it cant rust which is pretty weired becasue it will never age in a theory or somethin
--Sydne Polking--

Henry Minning said...

@ Alec Uhlhorn
The silverware and plates and bowls things was really interesting. I dint know it was made of iron and Chromium.

Tedesco.Jake said...

@jenn peters
I had know idea that we use tungsten and graphite everyday

Anonymous said...

Pens and Paper -are made out of tungsten which we you every day in school and out .The properties of this is string and rigid.
-paints and papers- are made out if a mixture of clay graphite.These properties are soft and opaque. We use these objects mostly everyday.-lyndsey roberto

bekah said...

some stuff we use is lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. the properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.

we also use pens and paper which are made from the same thing as lightbulbs.

gorrasi josh said...

i never really knew it even though it was really obvious that all the metal cutlary i use is all a mineral. it was really surprising to find all this out and it was really cool.

Anonymous said...

It is kind of cool to think that we use minerals like tungsen and carbon. Tungsten from our lightbulbs and our pens and paper. WE also use carbon in our paint. In our kitchens we use steel in our silverwear. Quarts in our glass. stainless steel in pots and pans. Aluminum in cans. Calcium in cleaning suplys. Salt which is made of salt.

kylie Gill said...

I never reralized it, but I use tungsten and graphite and thingss like that every day! We use:
-Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.
-Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also. The properties for pens and paper is it is strong, rigid and impermeable.
-Paints and pencils which is made from a mixture of clay and graphite(a type of carbon). This has properties that include soft, easily powered and opaque.
These are just some of the thingds we use everyday. Especially lightbulbs.

kylie Gill said...

@Jennifer i agree with you because we discrided the same thing of what minerials we use evryday.

baxter bryan said...
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baxter bryan said...

I never reralized it, but I use tungsten and graphite and thingss like that every day! We use:
-Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point. The zeolites are a group of minerals used in washing powders to soften 'hard' water.

Anonymous said...

monni szary
i use Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.
a another thing is i use -Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also. The properties for pens and paper is it is strong, rigid and impermeable.

johnson, allison said...

building a house. metals and other minerals are used, like glay for bricks, cement and plasterboard are made from different minerals in your house. pluming (pipes) in a house uses copper, pipes used to be made of lead witch came from galena. but instead they use copper now. even the house numbers are made from metal. Allison Johnson

walter burkart said...

quartz is used in computers lithuim is used in batteries
florite is used in tooth paste
talc is used for talcum powder

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

What minerals do you use everyday?I did not know a lot of everyday items are made of tungsten i mean Pens, Lightbulbs, and many others are made of tungsten.

What minerals are all around you that you didn't realize? quartz,tungtsen and clay.

Go to the link below. Chose one of the links: building a house, in the kitchen, around the home, etc. List all of the materials which contain minerals. I chose around the home. Lightbulbs, Pens and paper, paints and pencils, film and batteries and flower pots.

What minerals are found in each of them.tungsten, carbon, silver, and clay.

adelly_foshow2 said...

The site I picked was in the kitchen...
Knives, forks and spoons are usually made from stainless steel

Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals.

Glass is made of quartz.

Pots and pans are made from metal -stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium.

Cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium.

Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonate.

Halite is the mineral name for common salt - the kind you would put on your fish and chips.

Austin Deller

alyssa weber said...

-i use many minerals every day but the main ones are tungsten and granite.
-i chose in the kitchen.The materials that contain minerals are
~stainless steal, calvery is found in that.
~Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs, clay minerals are found in that.
~drinking glasses usualy have quarts in it
~Pots and pans,usualy have metal in them
~cans and tins have alunimum in them
~we use salt witch is amineral

Andie said...

There are minerals in lightbulbs, pens and paper, paints and pencils, film and batteries and flower pots. Some of thesse things we use everyday, but others we don't even think about.

baxter bryan said...

kaley studwold-Halite is the mineral name for common salt.Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonat.

Anonymous said...

monni szary
i use Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.
a another thing i use Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also. The properties for pens and paper is it is strong, rigid and impermeable

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Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

@ walter burkart
I have seen lithium batteries on tv and other places but now i wonder what this lithium mineral is like and how they transform it into a battery.

Bader, Lucas said...

The minerals i use everday are rocks,The minerals are all around me that i dint realize was thoopast, the materals in the kitchen that contian minerals are forks,spoons,plates,bowls,cup, saucers,mugs,pots,pans.

alyssa weber said...

@walter
where did you get you informatin which link did you use building a house, in the kitchen, around the home, etc.i used in the kitchen

johnson, allison said...

@monni szary
i never knew that lightbulbs are made of tungsten and i never knew it hade a very high melting point. it thought it was cool how paper is made of tungsten too.

alyssa weber said...

@brandon
where did you get you informatin which link did you use building a house, in the kitchen, around the home, etc.i used in the kitchen

Andie said...

@walter burkart
What does quartz look like?

Anonymous said...

Thats really cool how the everyday things we use are basically all minerals.
The fluoride in toothpastes is a chemical made from the mineral fluorite
The properties of fluorite:
Soft
Breaks up easily

Every type of washing powder promises to give you clean and bright clothes, but they wouldn't be able to without minerals. The zeolites are a group of minerals used in washing powders to soften 'hard' water.

The mineral halite (table salt) is used to make the soda crystals that we use to remove stubborn grease stains.
Think about the properties of salt:
Dissolves in water
Breaks up easily

Fredrick, Kirk said...

Rechargable batteries contain nickel Nickel comes from the minerals pyrrhotite, pentlandite and garnierite.

Natalie said...

Everday I use chromium ,quartz crystal and halite. I didn't realize I used crystal.

Health and Medicene:
plaster cast (gypsum)
thermometers (mercury)
filings (gold)
medicene (kaolite)

Natalie said...

@ Jennifer

It is amazing! There are probably hundreds of minerals we use a week that we don't even know we are using.

Natalie said...

@ Andrew

What mineral is used in flower pots and what are it's properties?

John Dinger said...

in the bathroom:

we use corudum=emory boards
halite=washing powder
flourite=toothpaste
talc=talcum powder and makeup
quartz=watches and jewelry

i didnt realize halite(table salt) was in washing powder.

Anonymous said...

@Monni
I use pens and paper too,(: and lightbulbs.

Sara Voigt said...

Everyday minerals-

Minerals in a Kitchen-
quartz is the major ingredient of glass (glass cups, dishes)

Pots and pans are made from metal

stainless steel, cast iron, copper and aluminium <all of these come from minerals.

Hob cleaners have clay minerals and a chalky material which is called calcium carbonate.

John Dinger said...

@sanzere anna

i didnt know vericulite was used in flower pots. i always assumed it was just glass.

Anonymous said...

sam keethler-
minerals are evreywhaer.including cars helicoptors plans and even machens like robots and stuff like that.buildings can also contaen minerals depending on the way they are constructed.also the power in a building contaens minerals including the bricks the soil the walls contaen minerals even the glass includs minerals.

wukusick,anna said...

tooth paste
light bulbs
pen and paper
pencil
film and battaries
flower pots
emery boards

Weisker,Kyle said...

Every day we use the mineral of salt. I did not know about the mineral on your winter jacket. Salt is made from halite, glass has the mineral of quartz, the mineral fluroine is used to make Teflon pans.

Raines,Katrina said...

Im doing around the kitchen.
i never realized i used all of these minerals i use everday!
Halite- is used in Salt
Clay minerals- Is used in cleaning products, and also in plates, bowls,and regular cups.
Aluminum-is used in Cans and fizzy drinks.\
Metal, Stainless steel, cast iron, copper or aluminium- are used in pots and pans.
Quarts crystal- is used in glass drinking glasses.
Stainless steel- is in knives, forks ,and spoons.

Dupont, Noah said...

I chose Medicine. Gypsum is used in plaster casts when you break a bone. Mercury from the ore cinnabar is used in thermometers. It's also used in dentisry as a ingredient in amalgam which is used for tooth fillings. Gold is used for caps on teeth. Medicines contain minerals such as kaolinite which is a clay mineral

dacoda said...

i choose the kitchen ther are alot of things in there that are minarals i did not know that knives and forks and stu are minarals it is amazing what you miss. but there are more things like that. all around your house.

Dupont, Noah said...

@Marchetti, Brendan
I never knew drinking glasses weren't really glass, and really were quarts! I'm surprised.

martin,katie said...

i use a ton of minerals everyday so many and i had no idea.
i mean i knew that the school was made of rock and stuff but i never payed ation to till now and i think about every to see if its a mineral or not

Schmidt, Dominic said...

1.I do not use minerals everyday and i dont use them at all.
2.air,gas,and solid.

georgantonis,pete said...

i chose kitchen you use minreals in everyday like spoons,knives,forks,plates if we didnt have minreals we wouldnt have most of the things we have right now

Anonymous said...

Halite is the mineral name for common salt.Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonat.
Cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium, which comes from a material called bauxite.
Pots and pans are made from metal. Fluorine is used to make non sticky teflon it comes from the mineral fluorite. Plates, glasses, and mugs; knives, forks and spoons. They are all made from minerals.Knives, forks and spoons are usually made from stainless steel. Stainless steel is made by mixing molten iron with another metal called chromium which stops the steel from rusting.Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals ond time it has been fired ,clay is fairly hardwearing.I did not know that cars, trains, plane, cleaning your teeth, washing your clothes, clocks, watches, jewellery, tin cans and aluminium foil, all use/are minerals.I looked in the,around the home minerals and found out that; tungsten, is in pens and papper, and makes the filaments in light bulbs. Paints and pencils are made of a mixture of clay and graphite. Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals are often used for film and batteries. Flower pots re made of clay minerals.
Anthony, Erb

georgantonis,pete said...

@ Brandon
i never even heard of the zeolites

gaddis,breanna said...

i didnt know this but
lightbulbs
pens and paper
paints and pencils
and alot of other house hold items each have a mineral in them.

gaddis,breanna said...

@moehring
yeah,i use pens and penicls everyday and i still didnt know what they were made of. but now i do!

Haden, Mark said...

I use tooth paste every day. I didn't know diamond a mineral.water is found in the kitchen,bathroom and the house.

MooreKassidy said...

I licked on in the kitchen. I never noticed before that so many minerals were just in my kitchen.Such as Stainless steel,Clay,Crystal,Copper,Aluminum,Cast iron,Fluorine,Metal,Bauxite and Halite. I'm sure there is many more and thats already a ot for just your kitchen.

wessels,kelsey said...

I never relized the at we use so mant minerals aroun thee house and in thing we use everyday such as,
-Lightbulbs which are made of tungsten. The properties of this are that it is hard and has a very high melting point.
-Paints and pencils which is made from a mixture of clay and graphite. This has properties that include soft, easily powered and opaque.
-Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also just like the lightbulb. The properties for pens and paper is it is strong, rigid and impermeable.

MooreKassidy said...

@Deannna.
I ever realized how many minerals we use just in our kitchen and i think that i use at least one of thos items a day.

Hannah Graff! said...

Building a House

- Bricks and tile.
*Clay
- Cement.
*Clay
*Limestone
*Gypsum
- Plaeterboard.
*Powedered gypsum
*Water
- Nuts, bolts, nails, and skrews.
*Steel
*Zinc
- Plumbing and wiring.
*Copper
- Windows.
*Quartz
- House Numbers
*Chromite
I Didnt Know That Quartz, Limestone, and Clay were almost eveywhere i go!

rentz,monica said...

Knives,forks and spoons are made from stinless steel. plates,bowls,cups,saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals. pots and pans are made from stainless steel,cast iron,copper and aluminium. cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium. hob cleaners contain clay minerals called calcium and carbonate.

wessels,kelsey said...

@pete
wow pete thta is so true if we didnt have minerals then we couldnt have evryday items!!what kind of minerals are used in the kitchen???????????????

rentz,monica said...

@ jennifer

I think it is really cool that we use minerals everyday.

Hannah Graff! said...

@Jennifer Peters
I had no idea that graphite were in the things we use everyday either!

Thorp,Jayden said...

I didnt know somethings were around my house that were minerals but i didnt know most of it is i just knew like salt laundrey detergent and little simple things like that.

dacoda said...

@Monni Szary
well i did not know we used tungsten in light bulbs that is pretty cool

cirkovic, daniel said...

I use knives and forks everyday which are made with motlen iron and chromium which makes the iron not rust. I thought all iron rusts though but chromuim stops the rust. Knives and forks are made out of minerals. The glasses I drink out of are made of quartz. I use salt which in mineral terms is called halite. I use penicils which is made out of lead which is made out of clay and graphite.

Hannah Graff! said...

@Sarah Savard.
Is the steel really stainles?
Or is it just called stainless steel?

Jenkins,Tom said...

lightbulb=tugsten qurts
arioplane=aluinum titanium
computer= silocon copper
car= steel
bricks=clay
plater= gypum
nuts,bolts,nails,scwews,ect=stell aluminum copper
pipes=copper
wires=copper
windows= quarts
utensals/cutlery=stainles stell
cookry=clay
drinking glases=quarts
pens=tungstein
paits/penceils=grathite
photofilm=silver\
baterys=silver
flower pots=clay
emery bords=corodim
washing powder=salt
cosmetics=talc
wachers=silver gold
jjewery=gold,siver, gems,quartz
cast=gypsum
thermoiters(old)=murcry
themomitors(new)=silocon
fillings=gold

cirkovic, daniel said...

@Peters, Jennifier

Isn't it amazing that almost everything we use today are made out of minerals. From toothpaste to cars. It's hard to find something that isn't made out of a mineral. I wonder if scientists found all the minerals in the world or if there are still more to find?

Joseph Pegg said...

I use minerals like diamonds, copper, silver, and coal. The minerals that
I did not realize are iron, rubies, and gold. All of the are called Metal,
Stainless steel, cast iron, copper, aluminium, glasses, and silver.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

Everyday I use fluorite, stainless steal, tungsten and graphite.
I didn't realize that medicines have clay! That's suprising. Also, quartz is in a lot more places than I thought, like windows and computers.
Neat and Tidy:
Emery boards have corundum (only diamonds are harder than corundum!)
Washing powder has salt
Toothpaste has fluorite
Cosmetics have talc
Watches and jewelery have gold

Jenkins,Tom said...

@luke: it wold be dangorus. imagon if the sea terd to nitrogen.

Haden, Mark said...

@anna
nice comment.what up.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

@Brianna
Since you have braces like me, you also might have realized that the mouth rinse they give us is called "Flouride" and Im going to take a wild guess that it has fluorite in it, like toothpaste.

Guthier Nick said...

I picked in the kitchen.

I use Stainless steel, clay, quartz crystal, cast iron, copper or aluminum, bauxite, and halite.

I didn't realize all of them but stainless steel.

Stainless steel- Forks and knives
Clay- Plates and bowls.
Quartz Crystal- Drinking glasses
Cast iron- Pots and pans
Copper or aluminum-Pots and pans
bauxite- Soda or fizzy drinks.
Halite-Salt.

Guthier Nick said...

@Brandon Shirmer
WOW I didn't know fluorite was in toothpaste. Now im scared to brush my teeth.

Schmidt, Dominic said...

haden,mark you use tooth paste every day i forget to use it alot of times.

Schmidt, Dominic said...

haden,mark i had no idea ether

Schwab,Izzy said...

light bulbs= tungsten
pens and paper= wolframite and scheelite ores
Pencils= lead/graphite
film= films are coated with different mineral salts. Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing
flower pots= clay

kallmeyer, bridget said...

@Alyssa

I did not know that drinking glasses, and pots and pans had minerals in them. Or that salt was made of amineral.

Anonymous said...

the minerals i use every day is salt, ASBestos, copper, graphith.
i didn't realize that light bulbs had minerals in them.
the materials needed to bulid a house is
brick and tiles are made from clay
the cement is made of clay and limestone and gypsum.
the plaster is made of powder gypsum and water.
the nails and bults are made of iron and zinc to keep them from rusting.

the pluming and wireing are made of lead, copper,

the glass windows are made of
quart,

the house numbers are made of metal,and chromite

Calderon, Heidi said...

Pens and paper,
Light bulbs,
Paints and pencils-lead
Film and batteries-Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals
And even Flower pots.
And many more

Andrew Ehrman said...

Glass

Glass is made out of pure quartz sand and other ingredients to make glass in different shapes and sizes

Cleaning products

Hob cleaners contain clay minerals and a chalky material called calcium carbonate

Smith,Courtney said...

I never really relized that i used tungsten and grapite around my house

lightbulbs- are made of tungsten. Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals.

pens and paper - Also made of tungsten. the tips of pens are made on tungsten.paper is usally made up of wood pulp mixed with minerals like clays, mica, talc and baryte.

Flim and batteries - Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals are often used in photography. Nickel is used in rechargeable batteries. Theese are just some of the tings we use everyday.

Smith,Courtney said...

And jennifer peters

Yes we use lightbulbs alot everyday but also pens and paper!

Anonymous said...

Well one mineral that i use everyday is stainless steel. the reason why i use that everyday is because it makes my knives forks and spoons. a mineral that is around everyday is tungsten. tungsten is the pieces of metal that are in the light bulb.

Calderon, Heidi said...

Pens and paper,
Light bulbs,
Paints and pencils-lead
Film and batteries-Silver, argentite and other silver-bearing minerals
And even Flower pots.
And many more

@ jennifer
exactly thats what i say about it... its so cool how minerals are in everything that we use every single day.

hutson,cody said...

flurite, glass, and copper. A mineral that i did not relize was limestone in carpet. That was a big one.I chose health and medicine.

plaster cast: gympsum
Themomiter: mercury
Dentistry: mercury
Medicines: kaolinite

hutson,cody said...

@Jill strange
That was a smart idea for the lightbulb

Andrew Ehrman said...

@cody hutson

I didn't know that there was stone in carpet.

Bader, Lucas said...

I chose minerals around the home.
Some houses has asbestos in the insulations of the walls.
cobalt- rehargeable batteries
copper - cable used in electrical wires
feldspar - a rock forming mineral used in cement or concrete, patios
lead - used in televisions
mica - used in books
nickel - used in snaps, buttons and belt buckles for clothing
This is just a few things we use everyday without even realizing it.

Justin said...

all these materials are used to make buildings and these are the minerials that they are made of.

bricks,tiles and cement is made from clay minerals

plaster and plaster boareds are made from powdered gypum

nuts, bolts, screws and nails are made from iron and some times steel


pipes are made from plastic and copper

glass is made from melted quarts

the house numbers are made from chromite

Justin said...

@samantha

wow i didnt think that many minerals are used in a kitchen just goes to show how many minerials we use and dont even realize it

Taylor's blog spot said...

wooooooowwwwwwww i use menerals alot! the thing i use the most is pens/pensals and paper, i googled it and i found its made from tungsten! i forget what tungsten is but a property of them is impermeable

schatzman.arin said...

Lightbulbs have tungsten,which is hard and melts at very high temperatures.graphite is also used in pencils as the tips.Paper and pens also use tungsten.Pens and paper are rigid,strong, and impermable. Pencils also have some clay in them.Paint also is a mixture of clay and graphite.
Out of every thing listed above, i think i use apencil the most.

schatzman.arin said...

2 brandon

The zeolites sounds a lot like zealites ,the jewish soldiers or something like that.

Anonymous said...

josh parsons- We use wood,metal,plastic. flower Pots,penicls,paints,pens,paper and light balbs.Ore,graphite,clay,plasterboard used for houses. Galena for lead and copper for pipes. iron and chromium for sppons,forks,knives.Aluminum for pots and pans. Steel for cans and tins.

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Anonymous said...

josh parsons- I agree that it is cool to think that the things we use every day are all made up of minerals!

Anonymous said...

Michael Twilling

Without minerals we would live in the dar, walk everywhere, we would be un-healthy, we would not have casts, no electricity, no houses and no tooth paste

Anonymous said...

Michael Twilling

@Luke NamieI didn't know clay was used in Benadryl thanks for that tip

Anonymous said...

Stainless steal contains molten iron and chromium which are both from minerals.
Pens and Paper which are made from tungsten also.

Anonymous said...

Glass is made of quartz.Cans for fizzy drinks are made of aluminium.Plates, bowls, cups, saucers and mugs are made from clay minerals.

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