1. MINERALS
BY: LEVI MOONEYHAM

2. Calcium
Tums has calcium. Calcium is good for your bones and your teeth. Calcium is also a mineral.

3. Magnesium
Almonds contain magnesium. Magnesium can help lower blood pressure and is also a key mineral for healthy bones. Magnesium is a mineral.

4. Halite
Halite can detoxify your body, season your food, and de-ice roads.

5. Talc
Talc powder is in baby powder and facial powders. Talc powder has magnesium in it also.

6. Copper
Copper is a good conductor of electricity and heat. Copper is used in a lot of things such as generators, motors, radios, TV sets, motor vehicle radiators, air- conditioners, and home heating systems.

7. Fluorite
Fluorite is used in toothpaste. Without toothpaste our teeth wouldn’t be clean. That means we would have a lot of cavities.

8. Quartz
Small quartz crystals help regulate time in watches.

9. Aluminum
Aluminum is used in automobiles, airplanes, bottling and canning industries, building and electrical, and in other applications.

10. Cobalt
Uses of Cobalt include magnets, cutting tools, and production of industrial engines.

11. Diamond
Diamonds can be used for gems, tools and drilling bits.