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Mining Publication: Rock and Minerals Make up Your World: Rock and Mineral 10-Specimen Kit Companion Book
Keywords: Coal Education and training Metals Minerals Stone
This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.
Original creation date: September 2011
Authors: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Brochure/flyer - September 2011
Download PDF Document (4.33 MB)
Pittsburgh, PA: 2011; p:1-25
The effect rocks and minerals have on our daily lives is not always obvious, but this book will help explain how essential they really are. There are hundreds of minerals used regularly in the United States for defense, industrial, agricultural, residential, medical , and cosmetic purposes. The minerals provided in this kit are a small sample of the minerals that Americans likely encounter but take for granted each day.
Image of publication Rock and Minerals Make up Your World: Rock and Mineral 10-Specimen Kit Companion BookBrochure/flyer - September 2011
Download PDF Document (4.33 MB)
Pittsburgh, PA: 2011; p:1-25
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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