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Materials extracted from beneath the ground supply everything we need to sustain our life as we know it. From the fuels we use to run our cars, to the numerous minerals that are in your mobile phone, to the minerals and water in the food and drink we rely on. These materials include rocks, minerals and fluids (egg water) or gas contained in rocks.

Quartz (silica) is the most plentiful mineral on earth. It is the name for a large family of rocks including the jaspers, agates, onyxes and flints. Quartz is used in concrete, glass, scientific instruments and watches. Most importantly today, it is used to make silicon semiconductors.

Gypsum is used in the construction industry in the form of plasterboard and wet plaster. It is also used as a fertilizer and road construction.

Copper is widely used in electronics industry especially for use in wires. It’s also used for currency, jewelry, plumbing and to conduct electricity.