From: LordKrishna@myself.com   
      
   Thou shalt Chant:   
   "Feldspar Quartz Olivine Muscovite"   
   Or thou shalt die.   
      
   I am the Rock: "Feldspar"   
      
   Feldspar is the most abundant mineral found on earth and constitutes about 60   
   percent of the earth’s crust. Feldspar is generally pale in colour and may   
   be white, pink, tan, green or gray. Feldspar occurs in igneous and metamorphic   
   rocks and has many    
   industrial uses. It is used in the glass and ceramic industries as a flux. It   
   is used in the manufacture of dinnerware, bathroom and building tiles. It is   
   used in making cement, concrete, pottery, enamelware, soaps, abrasive wheels,   
   insulating    
   compositions, tarred roofing materials and as fillers in textile or paper. In   
   agriculture it is used as a fertilizer and poultry grit.   
      
   I am the Rock: "Quartz"   
      
   Quartz is the mineral form of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra. It is the second most   
   abundant mineral occurring in the earth’s continental crust. Present in   
   igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, quartz has different varieties,   
   several of which are    
   gemstones used in making jewellery. It may be clear, white, gray, purple,   
   yellow, brown, black, pink, green, red. It is durable, hard and chemically   
   inert with other substances and is thus used as an abrasive and foundry sand.   
   It has electrical and heat    
   resistance properties and is thus used in manufacturing electrical products.   
   Quartz sand is used in making different varieties of glass. Quartz sand is   
   used in the petroleum industry and as a filler in the manufacture of rubber   
   and paint.   
      
   I am the Rock: "Olivine"   
      
   Olivine is the mineral form of magnesium iron silicate consisting of oxygen,   
   silicon, magnesium, iron, manganese and nickel. It occurs in a large quantity   
   in the earth’s subsurface but weathers quickly on the surface. It is pale   
   olive green to yellow-   
   green and may be occasionally brown in colour. It has a translucent lustre and   
   is harder than glass. Olivine is only found in igneous rocks in divergent   
   plate boundaries and oceanic hot-spots. The ancient Egyptians used the   
   gemstone peridot, a mineral in    
   the olivine series as jewellery. Peridot has a pale yellow-green colour and is   
   known as evening emerald, rumoured to be one of Cleopatra’s favourite   
   gemstones. Olivine is used industrially as abrasives and decorative building   
   stones. It is also used as    
   refractory sand in steel manufacturing.   
      
   I am the Rock: "Muscovite"   
      
   Muscovite is a mineral of the mica group consisting of aluminium and   
   potassium. It is also known as white mica, isinglass and potash mica.   
   Muscovite derives its name from Muscovy-glass, the name given to the mineral   
   in Elizabethan England in the    
   sixteenth century as they came to know of its use in medieval Russia as a   
   cheaper alternative to the glass in windows. It is the most common mica   
   present in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. It is an important rock   
   forming mineral having a    
   vitreous to pearly lustre on its sheets. It appears transparent and nearly   
   colourless when held to light, having a slight brown, yellow, green or rose   
   tint. Sheet muscovite acts as an excellent insulator in specialized parts of   
   electrical equipment.    
   Flaked, ground or scrap muscovite act as fillers and extenders in a variety of   
   manufactured products, paints and surface treatments. It is an important   
   ingredient that adds glitter to cosmetics, paints and ceramic glazes due to   
   its sometimes pearly    
   lustre.   
      
   Thou shalt Chant:   
   "Feldspar Quartz Olivine Muscovite"   
   Or thou shalt die.   
      
   Lord Krishna   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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