Graphite - Wikipedia
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OverviewHistory of natural graphite useTypes and varietiesNatural graphiteUses of natural graphiteHistory of synthetic graphiteGraphite mining, beneficiation, and millingGraphite recyclingIn the 4th millennium BCE, during the Neolithic Age in southeastern Europe, the Marița culture used graphite in a ceramic paint for decorating pottery. Sometime before 1565 (some sources say as early as 1500), an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered on the approach to Grey Knotts from the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale parish, Cumbria, England, which the locals f… Strunz classification: 1.CB.05a IMA symbol: Gr
Strunz classification: 1.CB.05a
IMA symbol: Gr
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