What are the economic uses of three common nonsilicate minerals?
a. Silver is used for photography, fluorite is used as a fertilizer, and anhydrite is used in plaster.
b. Halite is used for common salt, anhydrite is used in plaster, and graphite is used as an abrasive.
c. Fluorite is used in steel-making, dolomite is used in plaster, and corundum is used as an abrasive.
d. Galena is used as pencil lead, halite is used as common salt, and calcite is used in Portland cement.
e. Halite is used for common salt, gypsum is used in plaster, and graphite is used as pencil lead.
e. Halite is used for common salt, gypsum is used in plaster, and graphite is used as pencil lead.
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