Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Sandstone
|
Aggragate for concrete, building stone
|
|
|
quartz sandstone
|
glass, abrasives, sand for water purification systems
|
|
|
mudstone and shale
|
source of clays used to manufacture bricks, pottery, ceramics, and porcelain, ualso used as filler in many processed foods
|
|
|
carbonate (limestone and dolestone
|
source of lime for concrete and mortar, soil treatments and livestock supplements, whitewash, and decorative stone
|
|
|
rock gypsum
|
plaster, paint, additive slow hardening rate of concrete
|
|
|
rock salt
|
source of salt needef ro domestic animals, foods consumption, water softeners, road de-icing
|
|
|
chert
|
landscaping stone, previously used for stone tools,
|
|
|
granite, diorite, gabbro
|
decorative building stone, ancietn scuptures and stone tools
|
|
|
fine grained igneous rocks.. primarily basalt
|
ballast for railroad tracks, aggregate for roads, ancient scuptures ad stone tools
|
|
|
obsidian
|
ancient stone tools
|
|
|
ash
|
abrasive for cleaning and polishing water-resistant cement
|
|
|
pumice
|
abrasive for cleaning and polishing
|
|
|
scoria
|
landscaping stone
|
|
|
quartzite
|
ballast for railroad tracks, aggregate for roads
|
|
|
marble
|
decoraive building stone, scupture, countertops, ect
|
|
|
slate
|
roofing tiles, chalkboards and writing slate
|
|
|
anthracite
|
cleaningr burning fossil fuel
|
|
|
gneiss
|
decorative buliding stone
|
|
|
calcite
|
cement/ grout of flooring
|
|
|
gypsum
|
plater walls
|
|
|
plagioclase feldspar
|
aluminium frame of shower door
|
|
|
chalcopyrite
|
copper electrical wiring
|
|
|
hematite
|
iron pipes
|
|
|
potassium feldspar
|
ceramic tiles and porcelain sink
|
|
|
gealena
|
older lead pipe
|
|
|
magnetite
|
iron pipes
|
