This is an audio version of the Chapter 3 titled "Earth’s Minerals", Section 4 "Mining and Using Minerals" in the CK12 Earth Science for Middle School by Authors Jean Brainard Ph.D. and Julie Sandeen created and used under the Creative Common Attribution/Non-Commercial/Share Alike 3.0 Unported (CC-by_NC-SA) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). Don't forget to say thanks at http://www.ck-12.org/saythank
