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Question
Mention any four features of non-metailic minerals in India.
Solution
- Non-metallic minerals are excellent electrical and thermal insulators.
- Among the non-metallic minerals produced in India, mica is the important one.
- The other minerals extracted for local consumption are limestone, dolomite and phosphate.
- Limestone, which is abundant in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is the basic raw material for the cement industry and is required for smelting iron ore in the blast furnace.
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