Minerals and their Uses

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Across
  1. 3. used in adhesives and sealants
  2. 5. used in manufacturing dinnerware and pottery
  3. 6. used in cement construction
  4. 7. used in electric cables and wires
  5. 9. sand and gravel are used in making concrete and asphalt pavement
  6. 11. /used in making glass, ceramics, enamels and fiber glass
  7. 13. used in batteries and television tubes
  8. 14. used in water filtration, electric components, ceramics, glass and jewelry
  9. 15. used for pressure gauges, oscillators, resonators, and wave stabilizers.
  10. 16. used mostly in jet engines, air frames, and space and missile applications
  11. 18. an alloy to stainless steel, and it plays a key role in the chemical and aerospace industries
Down
  1. 1. used in electrical insulators and welding rods
  2. 2. used in smoke alarms, pacemakers, defibrillator machines and many other types of portable medical equipment
  3. 4. used in making toothpaste
  4. 5. used in building materials
  5. 8. used as a building stone, road bases and coverings, construction fill, concrete, and railroad ballast
  6. 10. used in photography, electrical and electronic products, fine silverware
  7. 11. crushed basalt is used for railroad ballast
  8. 12. compounds are used in stomach-upset medicines and treatment of stomach ulcers
  9. 17. used in antibacterial agent in soaps and cleaning products