List the uses of any five minerals.
Minerals are backbone of human civilization. Minerals are used for various things that human beings use in their day to day lives:
a. Manganese: Manganese is used in manufacture of ferrous alloys that are very strong and is used in machinery equipments.
b. Mica: Mica is base component of electrical industry.
c. Aluminum: It is used in automobiles and airplanes, bottling industry and even in kitchen cookware.
d. Silicon: It is used in computer and hardware manufacture.
e. Gold: It used in making jewellery and ornaments.