Nonmetallic Minerals | Article about Nonmetallic
Nonmetallic minerals are ordinarily divided into four groups on the basis of the field in which they are used: (1) chemical raw materials (apatite, halite, sylvinite, carnallite, bischofite, polyhalite, native sulfur, sulfur pyrite, celestite, barite, borosilicates, nitrates, natural salt, and so on), most of which are used to produce mineral fertilizers; (2) metallurgical raw materials