See footnotes at end of table. 450 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
Table 1.—India: Production of mineral commodities —~Continued

Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity1 1 (1) 1 )ii 1 )8~ 1 )i I 
NONMETALS —Continued 
Abrasives, natural, n.e.s. —Continued 
  Jasper.~_____    1,593 1,450 1,389 2,80)) 
Asbestos --  -.  24,119 22,177 19,10() 20,00)) 
Barite    23 0)8 330 98) 3i1 340 3(3000 
Cement, hydraulic --   thousand tons.  18,640 19,060 19,560 2182);4 
Chalk ~   69 61,414 72,840 70,000 
Clays: 
  Ball clay    35,209 48,369 35,562 36,000 
  Diaspore    10,090 7,900 4,909 5,000 
  Fireclay    666,000 726,000 682,000 680,000 
 
Kaolin: 
 Direct salable, crude  thousand ton&. — 335 349 323 330

 Processed do_..~ 103 96 101 104 
 Total do_~ 438 445 424 434 
 Other do__._ 242 129 162 150 
 
Diamond: 
 Geme thousand carats_. 17 15 14 14 
 Industriale do___. 3 3 2 2 
 Total do.___ 20 18 16 16 
Feldspar 55,307 54,710 47,783 45,000 
 
Fluorspar: 
 Acidgrade 9,709 9,069 9,611 10,900 
 Metallurgicalgrade 4,271 6,140 4,290 5,200 
    Totaflgraded)  n13980 15,209 13,901 16,100 
  Concentratesgraded  3,643 3,586 3,432 3,500 
Gem stones, excluding diamond: 
  Agate (including chalcedony pebble)  3,128 1,768 2,055 2,000 
  Emerald,crude carats._ 825 550 20,680 10,000 
  Garnet kilograms._ 3,673 5,329 4,912 4,400 
Graphite — 38,273 48,455 60,057 50,000 
Gypsum thousand tons__ 727 778 854 860 
Kyanite and related materials: 
  Andalusite  NA 387 225 227 
  Kyanite  48,779 42,123 28,214 27,200 
  Sillimanite  14,859 15,023 13,295 13,600 
Lime  182,000 e182,000 e200000 408,000 
Magnesite  329,698 402,007 419,641 426,000 
 
Mica: 
Exports: 
 Block~ r890 1,099 1,455 1,400 
 Filmanddisk 146 126 123 130 
 Splittings r3544 3,445 4,186 4,200 
 Scrap 8,055 9,958 e9900 12,000 
 Powder r9298 7,505 e8200 8,400 
 Manufactured 301 470 e400 430 
 Total -. T22164 22,603 24,264 26,560 
 Domesticuse(allforms(e r11100 T11200 11,400 11,600 
    Grandtotal  T33264 33,803 35,664 38,160 
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia thousand tons_ — 1,910 2,037 2,220
2,900

Phosphaterock  644,058 704,961 751,830 700,000 
Pigments, mineral, natural: Ocher  92,053 75,935 73,230 75,000 
Pyrite,grossweight.   47,531 31,085 54,163 40,000 
Salt,alltypes thousand tons_  4,438  3,759  4,380  4,540 
Sodiumcarbonate  564,000 567,600 590,000 610,000 
Stone, sand and gravel: 
  Calcite  21,567 27,445 28,388 29,000 
  Dolomite thousand tons~ 1,886 2,152 1,942 2,000 
  Limestone ~ 29,891 30,380 30,169 30,000 
  Quartzandquartzite do.~.. 414 369 356 360 
  Sand: 
     Calcareous do.~ 1,074 898 932 950 
     Other do.~ 1,756 1,677 1,620 1,600 
  Slate  3,843 21,826 12,603 12,000 
Sulfurcontentofpyrite  19,222 e14 080 e20,000 15,000 
Talc and related materials: 
  Pyrophyllite  34,080 34,619 32,249 32,000 
  Steatite (soapstone)  220,000 247,000 276,000 286,000 
Vermiculite   3,435 2,878 1,806 1,814 
Wollastonite..~...  4,541 3,330 1,964 2,000