Thou shalt Chant:
"Feldspar Quartz Olivine Muscovite"
Or thou shalt die.

I am the Rock: "Feldspar"

Feldspar is the most abundant mineral found on earth and constitutes about 60 percent of the earth’s crust. Feldspar is generally pale in colour and may be white, pink, tan, green or gray. Feldspar occurs in igneous and metamorphic rocks and has many
industrial uses. It is used in the glass and ceramic industries as a flux. It is used in the manufacture of dinnerware, bathroom and building tiles. It is used in making cement, concrete, pottery, enamelware, soaps, abrasive wheels, insulating
compositions, tarred roofing materials and as fillers in textile or paper. In agriculture it is used as a fertilizer and poultry grit.

I am the Rock: "Quartz"

Quartz is the mineral form of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra. It is the second most abundant mineral occurring in the earth’s continental crust. Present in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, quartz has different varieties, several of which are
gemstones used in making jewellery. It may be clear, white, gray, purple, yellow, brown, black, pink, green, red. It is durable, hard and chemically inert with other substances and is thus used as an abrasive and foundry sand. It has electrical and heat
resistance properties and is thus used in manufacturing electrical products. Quartz sand is used in making different varieties of glass. Quartz sand is used in the petroleum industry and as a filler in the manufacture of rubber and paint.

I am the Rock: "Olivine"

Olivine is the mineral form of magnesium iron silicate consisting of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, manganese and nickel. It occurs in a large quantity in the earth’s subsurface but weathers quickly on the surface. It is pale olive green to yellow-
green and may be occasionally brown in colour. It has a translucent lustre and is harder than glass. Olivine is only found in igneous rocks in divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot-spots. The ancient Egyptians used the gemstone peridot, a mineral in
the olivine series as jewellery. Peridot has a pale yellow-green colour and is known as evening emerald, rumoured to be one of Cleopatra’s favourite gemstones. Olivine is used industrially as abrasives and decorative building stones. It is also used as
refractory sand in steel manufacturing.

I am the Rock: "Muscovite"

Muscovite is a mineral of the mica group consisting of aluminium and potassium. It is also known as white mica, isinglass and potash mica. Muscovite derives its name from Muscovy-glass, the name given to the mineral in Elizabethan England in the
sixteenth century as they came to know of its use in medieval Russia as a cheaper alternative to the glass in windows. It is the most common mica present in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. It is an important rock forming mineral having a
vitreous to pearly lustre on its sheets. It appears transparent and nearly colourless when held to light, having a slight brown, yellow, green or rose tint. Sheet muscovite acts as an excellent insulator in specialized parts of electrical equipment.
Flaked, ground or scrap muscovite act as fillers and extenders in a variety of manufactured products, paints and surface treatments. It is an important ingredient that adds glitter to cosmetics, paints and ceramic glazes due to its sometimes pearly
lustre.

Thou shalt Chant:
"Feldspar Quartz Olivine Muscovite"
Or thou shalt die.

Lord Krishna

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