Mineral Resources in

the Philippines

Copper

Copper was one of the first metals to be worked into implements and the first metal to be smelted from ores. Its excellent ductility and high conductivity assure its use in modern society.

Gold

Gold is one of the most popular and well-known minerals, known

for its value and special properties since the earliest of time.

PlatinumDescription: One of the most valuable metal in our industry today because it is widely used in different industries. almost 70 percent of platinum production is used by the jewelry industry and the catalyctic industry.Description: One of the most valuable metal in our industry today because it is widely used in different industries. almost 70 percent of platinum production is used by the jewelry industry and the catalyctic industry.Description: One of the most valuable metal in our industry today because it is widely used in different industries. almost 70 percent of platinum production is used by the jewelry industry and the catalyctic industry.

platinum is silver-white in color, lustrous, ductile, and malleable. Platinum is more ductile than gold, silver and copper, thus being the most ductile of pure metals

Silver

Silver is used in jewelry, tableware, coins, scientific equipment and in

photographic processes.

Gravel

Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile.

Lead

Lead is a corrosion-resistant dense metal that is easily molded and shaped. The chemical symbol for lead, Pb, is an abbreviation of the Latin word plumbum, meaning soft metal.

Chromium

Chromium is a trace mineral that is found in very small amounts in the human body.

Lime

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

Zinc

Zinc is an essential mineral that stimulates the activity of about 100 enzymes in the body

Cobalt

Cobalt is another essential mineral needed in very small amounts in the diet

Manganese

Manganese is a mineral that is given little publicity and yet it is very important to our health.

Copper

Gold

Platinum

Silver

Gravel

Other minerals that can be found in the Philippines:

•Quartz• Pyrite•Gypsum•Barite•Sphalerite•Galena•Epidote

•Molybdenite•Actinolite•Magnetite•Hematite•Graphite•Cinnabar•Malachite•Coal

Prepared By: GROUP II

Sandy CalalinMerissa Lanoy

Ria Bee CamposoMarlyn BuslatanMay Ann QuiaoAimee EscuderoJarries RosalesEdelita Baay

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