List the uses of any five minerals.

Minerals are backbone of human civilization. Minerals are used for various things that human beings use in their day to day lives:

a. Manganese: Manganese is used in manufacture of ferrous alloys that are very strong and is used in machinery equipments.

b. Mica: Mica is base component of electrical industry.

c. Aluminum: It is used in automobiles and airplanes, bottling industry and even in kitchen cookware.

d. Silicon: It is used in computer and hardware manufacture.

e. Gold: It used in making jewellery and ornaments.