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- 1 What is a native element used to make medicine glass and fireworks?
- 2 What mineral is used in dentistry medicine jewelry art and computers?
- 3 What is used to make phosphate fertilizer and is found in soft drinks?
- 4 Which type of mineral is iron?
- 5 What mineral is used to make copper pennies brass and nails?
- 6 What mineral is found in metal alloys for aircrafts?
- 7 What stone are Indian arrowheads made of?
- 8 Are there any modern medicines that come from Native American medicine?
- 9 How many medicines are made from plants?
What is a native element used to make medicine glass and fireworks?
Antimony is used as a flame retardant, in fireworks, and in antimony salts are used in the rubber, chemical and textile industries, as well as medicine and glassmaking.
What mineral is used in dentistry medicine jewelry art and computers?
Fluorite is used in the production of hydrofluoric acid and the source of the “fluoride” in your favorite toothpaste. Gold is used in dentistry and medicine; in jewelry and art; in medallions and coins; and in ingots as a store of value by banks throughout the world.
What is used to make phosphate fertilizer and is found in soft drinks?
Phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid is used in granulation plants where ammonia is added to phosphoric acid to produce the ammoniated phosphate fertilizer. Purified food-grade phosphoric acid is used in making soft drinks.
What is found in metal alloys for air crafts as well as emeralds?
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- Aluminum. Most abundant element used to make containers and deoderants.
- Antimony. Native element used to make medicine, glass, and fireworks.
- Beryllium. Found in metal alloys for air crafts as well as emeralds.
- Coal. Used to produce 56% of electricity in the US.
- Copper.
- Flint.
- Fluorite.
- Galena.
What mineral is used to make arrowheads spear points and knives?
Along with arrowheads, flint was also used to create spear points, cutting utensils and fire when struck with steel in later eras. Flint is a sedimentary rock that has the potential to break into small fragments with sharp edges. This means that, along with cutting, flint is ideal for scraping objects as well.
Which type of mineral is iron?
In the Earth’s crust iron is found mainly as minerals of iron oxide such as hematite, magnetite, goethite and limonite. The minerals that are mostly used as ore for making iron are hematite (Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4). Iron is quite soft and easily worked, but it has a very high melting point of 1538°C.
What mineral is used to make copper pennies brass and nails?
27 Cards in this Set
| Hematite | Primary ore of irons used to produce iron for steel. |
|---|---|
| Zinc | Used to make “copper” pennies brass and nails |
| Gypsum | Primary use is for sheet rock or wallboard |
| Copper | used to make electrical wires brass bronze coins plumbing |
| Gold | Used in dentristry medicine jewlery / can be made thinner then human hair |
What mineral is found in metal alloys for aircrafts?
Cobalt is an important component in many aerospace, defense, and medical applications and is a key element in many clean energy technologies.
What minerals make up fertilizer?
The most common sources of nutrients in mineral fertilizers are nitrogen, potassium and phosphate. Nitrogen originates from the air. The most common process in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing is to create ammonia from a mixture of nitrogen from the air and hydrogen from natural gas.
Can all minerals be gemstones?
All minerals can be gemstones, but not all gemstones can be minerals. Also, rocks are comprised of minerals, but minerals are not comprised of rocks. A rock is an inorganic, solid, and natural substance without any specific atomic structure or chemical composition.
What stone are Indian arrowheads made of?
flints
Most arrowheads were made from various stones such as flints, obsidian, and chert; however, wooden and metallic ones have also been found. Native Americans made arrowheads using a chipping process called flint knapping.
Are there any modern medicines that come from Native American medicine?
Many modern medicines are based on plants and herbs that Indians used for thousands of years. In fact, more than 200 botanicals, derived originally from Native Americans, have been or are still in use in pharmaceuticals.
How many medicines are made from plants?
Long before pure chemicals were manufactured in labs, people used plants for medicine. There are over a hundred active ingredients derived from plants for use as drugs and medicines.
What is in the Native American medicinal plants exhibition?
We highlight in this exhibition a sampling of medicinal plants used by Hawaiian, Alaskan, and Southwest and Upper Plains Indians medicinal experts. Our Native contributors have selected specific plants in each region to illustrate the breadth and depth of Native medicinal knowledge and application.
Where do Hawaiian medicinal plants come from?
Native Hawaiian Medicinal Plants Hawaiian medicinal plants grow in many areas, including in the vicinity of heiaus or temples, sites that are considered sacred. In ancient times, Hawaiian traditional healers would practice La‘au Lapa‘au, medicinal healing, at some of the heiaus, using plants from around the heiau and in neighboring forests.