Alu­minum ores — is the main source of alu­minum, which has wide appli­ca­tion in indus­try, con­struc­tion and alloy pro­duc­tion.

Cop­per is one of the most impor­tant non-fer­rous met­als, which is wide­ly used in elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing and ener­gy.

Cobalt ores are an impor­tant source of strate­gic met­al, which is wide­ly used in high-tech indus­tries.

Tin ores are used in mod­ern tech­nolo­gies, in par­tic­u­lar in elec­tron­ics, mechan­i­cal engi­neer­ing and alloy pro­duc­tion.

Mer­cury ores are a strate­gi­cal­ly impor­tant raw mate­r­i­al used in the chem­i­cal, min­ing and instru­ment-mak­ing indus­tries.

Anti­mo­ny ores are a valu­able raw mate­r­i­al for many strate­gic indus­tries, from met­al­lur­gy and elec­tron­ics to med­i­cine.

Mag­ne­sium ores are formed under the con­di­tions of evap­o­ra­tion of salt basins or meta­mor­phism of ultra­maf­ic rocks.

Arsenic, which has long been used in med­i­cine, has found its appli­ca­tion in met­al­lur­gy, chem­i­cal indus­try and elec­tron­ics.

Nick­el ores — is an impor­tant source of nick­el, which is wide­ly used in met­al­lur­gy, chem­i­cal indus­try and alloy pro­duc­tion.

Peb­bles are a valu­able nat­ur­al mate­r­i­al that is wide­ly used in con­struc­tion, land­scape design and dec­o­ra­tion.

Syen­ite is a deep igneous rock that formed as a result of slow cool­ing of mag­ma.

Lead and zinc ores are wide­ly used in the pro­duc­tion of alloys, for anti-radi­a­tion pro­tec­tion, elec­tron­ics and med­i­cine.

Flint — is a hard sed­i­men­ta­ry rock that is wide­ly used in the pro­duc­tion of abra­sives, dec­o­ra­tion and archi­tec­tur­al ele­ments.

Quartz is a nat­ur­al beau­ty that hides in ordi­nary things.

Chalk is a soft sed­i­men­ta­ry rock con­sist­ing main­ly of cal­cite remains of marine organ­isms.

Nepheline is a min­er­al of the class of alu­mi­nosil­i­cates and a valu­able indus­tri­al raw mate­r­i­al of great impor­tance.

Bischof­ite is a nat­ur­al min­er­al-chlo­ride rich in mag­ne­sium, which is formed dur­ing the evap­o­ra­tion of salt pools.

Corun­dum is a super­hard alu­minum oxide formed in meta­mor­phic and mag­mat­ic con­di­tions and has a char­ac­ter­is­tic glassy shine.

Molyb­de­num is wide­ly used in met­al­lur­gy for alloy­ing ultra-strong steels for demand­ing appli­ca­tions.

Vana­di­um — is a strate­gic met­al with wide appli­ca­tions in the steel, avi­a­tion, ener­gy and chem­i­cal indus­tries.

Lithi­um ores — is a source of strate­gic met­al used for bat­ter­ies, met­al­lur­gy and ceram­ics.

Beryl­li­um ores are a valu­able source of a light­weight and strong met­al used in the aero­space, elec­tron­ics, and defense indus­tries.

Ura­ni­um ores are nat­ur­al min­er­al for­ma­tions con­tain­ing ura­ni­um at con­cen­tra­tions suit­able for indus­tri­al extrac­tion.

Rubid­i­um and cesium are rare alka­li met­als that occur main­ly in rare-met­al peg­matites and salt deposits.

Iodine and bromine are halo­gens of sig­nif­i­cant indus­tri­al impor­tance, and in Ukraine they are con­cen­trat­ed in min­er­al waters.

Mar­shal­lite con­sists of tiny quartz crys­tals that may seem insignif­i­cant, but they have great prac­ti­cal and sci­en­tif­ic impor­tance.

Ice­land spar is a unique vari­ety of cal­cite capa­ble of split­ting a light beam into two rays.

Talc is an extreme­ly soft, lay­ered sil­i­cate that forms dur­ing the meta­mor­phism of ultra­maf­ic rocks and can be eas­i­ly ground into a pow­der.

Shun­gite — is a car­bon-con­tain­ing meta­mor­phic rock enriched with amor­phous car­bon and known for its sorp­tion prop­er­ties.

Phl­o­go­pite is a min­er­al from the mica group known for its fire resis­tance, ther­mal insu­la­tion prop­er­ties and dec­o­ra­tive appeal.

Andesite — is an vol­canic or sub­vol­canic rock of por­phyry struc­ture con­sist­ing main­ly of medi­um pla­gio­clase.

Anorthosite is an igneous rock of the gab­bro group, which lies in mas­sifs and is char­ac­ter­ized by almost com­plete dom­i­nance of pla­gio­clase.

Form­ing in deep con­di­tions, dior­ite acquires a coarse-grained struc­ture and dec­o­ra­tive prop­er­ties.

Gab­bro is an intru­sive igneous rock of the main com­po­si­tion, which forms sig­nif­i­cant mas­sifs and is wide­ly used as a valu­able raw mate­r­i­al.

Feldspars — are a group of alu­mi­nosil­i­cate min­er­als that are the most com­mon rock-form­ing com­po­nents of the earth­’s crust.

Migmatite is a com­plex rock that con­sists of two or more com­po­nents (pale­o­so­ma and neo­so­ma), usu­al­ly repeat­ed lay­ered.

Dacite is a medi­um-sil­i­cate vol­canic rock between andesite and rhy­o­lite, con­sist­ing main­ly of pla­gio­clase and quartz.

Gneiss is a durable rock that is formed under the influ­ence of high tem­per­a­tures and pres­sure in the depths of the earth­’s crust.

Mon­zonite is a coarse-grained (phaner­it­ic) igneous rock. It is known for its inter­me­di­ate com­po­si­tion between two types of rocks: dior­ite and syen­ite.

Paly­gorskite, also known as atta­pulgite, is a clay min­er­al, an hydrous mag­ne­sium sil­i­cate with a fil­a­men­tous chain-lay­ered struc­ture.

Pla­giogran­ite. Intru­sive rock as a wit­ness of the deep process­es of the plan­et Pla­giogran­ite is a light-gray gran­ite char­ac­ter­ized by […]

Hafni­um and zir­co­ni­um are impor­tant met­als which, due to their unique physic­o­chem­i­cal prop­er­ties, are wide­ly used in nuclear ener­gy.

Micro­cline — is a com­mon rock-form­ing min­er­al of gran­ites and peg­matites, rep­re­sent­ed by var­i­ous shades of col­or.

PGE are a rare and valu­able raw mate­r­i­al for many branch­es of mod­ern indus­try.

Brick and tile raw mate­ri­als — are nat­ur­al clay rocks that have wet plas­tic­i­ty and the abil­i­ty to hard­en after fir­ing.

Rare earth ele­ments are a group of met­als that give mate­ri­als unique prop­er­ties

Sand­stone is a dense sed­i­men­ta­ry rock formed from cement­ed grains of quartz and feldspar.

Mus­covite is a trans­par­ent, lay­ered mica min­er­al char­ac­ter­ized by high elas­tic­i­ty and a glassy lus­ter.

Dia­mond is the hard­est nat­ur­al min­er­al, dis­tin­guished by its extra­or­di­nary trans­paren­cy, bril­liance, and ther­mal con­duc­tiv­i­ty.

Alu­nite is a sul­fate min­er­al formed by hydrother­mal alter­ation, occur­ring as white or pink mass­es.

Pyro­phyl­lite is a soft lay­ered sil­i­cate with a scaly tex­ture.

Asbestos is used as a refrac­to­ry and ther­mal insu­la­tion mate­r­i­al.

Oil shale is very impor­tant for the ener­gy indus­try.

Ser­pen­tine is used to make refrac­to­ry mate­ri­als.

Dunite is a ful­ly crys­talline intru­sive rock rich in mag­ne­sium.

Diatomites and spon­go­lites are siliceous rocks of bio­genic ori­gin.

Quartzite is a meta­mor­phic rock that con­sists of more than 70% quartz.

Stavro­lite is used in met­al­lur­gy as a flux mate­r­i­al.

Rock salt, or halite, is one of the most com­mon min­er­als on Earth.

Apatite is one of the most impor­tant min­er­als con­tain­ing phos­pho­rus.