Garnet Sand

Product Overview

Description

Garnet Sand, which are chemically inert non-metallic minerals commonly found in the natural environment. The Garnet find extensive usage in  versatile applications across several industries that includes Refineries, Chemical Plants, Oil & Petrochemical Industries and construction & maintenance of containers and storage tanks and others.

 

Sand is used for abrasives. This mineral is found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and colorless in nature.

 

The composition is as follows:

 

Garnet	92%
Ilmenite	6%
Monozite	0.3%
Zircon	0.1%
Rutile	0.1%
Sillimanite	0.2%
Quartz	0.1%
Hardness	7.5 -8
Specific Gravity	4.2
Bulk Density	2340Kg/m3
Size Mesh	30/60

 

Origin: India,

              

Uses: It is used in the manufacture of abrasives, grinding wheels, for polishing glass, TV tubes, as sand blasting media, in water filtration, in water jet cutting and in antiskid surfaces.