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Minerals used to make pots and pans
Bauxite Pots and pans are made of a variety of metals, and these all come from different minerals. Some pans have a non-stick coating made from fluorine. Fluorine comes from the mineral fluorite.

Together, these minerals make pots and pans:

Strong
Impermeable
Rustproof
Heat conductors
Non-stick!

Bauxite (top right), goethite and fluorite are used to make pot and pans

Learn more about the minerals we use in the kitchen

Find out about the minerals we use every day...
Krystal the quartz
Building a house
In the kitchen
Around the home
Transport and technology
Neat and tidy
Health and medicine

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