Goonvean - http://www.goonvean.com/
Europe's largest independently owned kaolin producer, based in Goonvean Cornwall England UK. |
Gypsum and Anhydrite in Nova Scotia - http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/ic/ic16.htm
Provincial government information circular on the Nova Scotia occurrence, mining history, and uses of these minerals. |
Peat Moss in Nova Scotia - http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/ic/ic18.htm
Peat is the partially decomposed remains of plants and animals which have accumulated in oxygen poor freshwater environments over the past 11 000-13 000 years. Peat is mined for horticultural purposes, and is also used in distillation, yeast cultivation, as an energy source, and in manufacture of ferrosilicons. |