Lithosphere- Mineral Resources- Name the Resource from the Description

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Fossil Fuel- Most important uses: fuels, especially liquid fuels for vehicles. Petrochemicals and plastics. Important properties: high energy content, carbon forms very complex molecules.

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Coal
Crude Oil

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Metal- Most important uses: stainless steel. Important properties: forms alloys- makes steel harder and corrosion-resistant.

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Aluminium
Chromium
Copper

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Metal- Most important uses: construction- buildings, ships, road vehicles, appliance cases e.g. cookers. Important properties: Malleable, can be moulded or rolled. Strong but high density. Rusts. Forms alloys e.g. stainless steel.

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Iron
Chromium
Aluminium

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: blocks for building road kerbs, kitchen worktops, floor tiles, crushed for road surface chippings. Important uses: hard and resistant to wear.

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Granite
Gravel
China Clay

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Fossil fuel- Most important uses: fuel, especially for electricity generation. Coke for iron smelting. Important properties: high energy content.

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Coal
Natural Gas

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: bricks, roof tiles, pottery. Important properties: waterproof when baked, easily moulded.

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Slate
Clay
China Clay

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: filler in paper, pottery, plastic items, paints, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals. Important properties: very fine-grained, inert, non-toxic.

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China Clay
Granite
Slate

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: concrete. Important properties: coarse-grained filler.

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Gravel
Limestone
China Clay

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Metal- Most important uses: packaging, vehicles, constriction- window frames etc. Important properties: malleable, strong with low density, good conductor of heat and electricity, corrosion resistant.

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Aluminium
Copper
Chromium

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: builders' mortar, glass. Important properties: fine-grained inert filler, transparent in thin sheets.

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Sand
Gravel
Clay

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Metal- Most important uses: electric cables, water pipes. Important properties: malleable, very good electrical conductor, corrosion-resistant.

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Iron
Copper
Chromium

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Non-Metal Minerals- Most important uses: roof slates. Important properties: waterproof, splits to form thin, flat sheets.

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Slate
Clay
Granite

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Fossil Fuel- Most important uses: fuel, especially for heating and electricity generation. Important properties: high energy content.

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Natural Gas
Coal

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: building blocks, crushed for aggregate for road surface chippings and railway track ballast, cement. Important properties: hard, easily cut and crushed, quite resistant to wear. Baked lime (with clay and gypsum) hardens when mixed with water.

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Limestone
Clay
Sand

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