What are some ways that we use rocks and minerals in everyday life?

What are a couple ways we use rocks/minerals in everyday life??What are some ways that we use rocks and minerals in everyday life?
Minerals and rocks are everywhere.





Talc is a mineral used for baby powder, and lots of makeup


Gypsum is used in sheetrock, and is also a flame-retartant material


Calcite is used in foods, and building materials


Flourite is used in toothpaste and foods


Diamonds are used in jewerly, and as saw blades


Halite is salt, used in food and on roads to melt ice


Slate is used for roofing materials





Different rocks combined mostly sedimentary rocks are used for paving roads, or cement.What are some ways that we use rocks and minerals in everyday life?
Coal is a mineral. Salt is a mineral. Gypsum is a mineral used in the manufacture of wallboard and other things. You know, unless you start using your brain, you'll never be able to.This was not a difficult question; you could easily have answered it yourself with just a little mental effort.
One of the most used minerals would be our buddy plain old salt.
Have a pet rock!