According to the Republic of Indonesia Government Regulation Number 27 Year 1980, classification of minerals is divided into 3 groups :
a. Group strategic minerals are:
- Crude oil, liquid bitumen, wax earth, natural gas;
- Solid bitumen, asphalt;
- Anthracite, coal, coal young;
- Uranium, radium, thorium, and materials other radioaktip mining;
- Nickel, cobalt;
- Tin.
b. Group of vital minerals are:
- Iron, manganese, molibden, chrome, tungsten, vanadium, titan;
- Bauxite, copper, lead, zinc;
- Gold, platinum, silver, mercury, diamonds;
- Arsin, antimony, bismuth;
- Yttrium, rhutenium, metal-cerium and other rare metals;
- Berillium, corundum, zircon, quartz crystal;
- Kriolit, fluorpar, barit;
- Iodine, bromine, chlorine, sulfur;
c. Group of minerals that do not include a or b groups are:
- Nitrate-nitrate, phosphate, phosphate, rock salt (halite);
- Asbestos, talk, mica, graphite, magnesit;
- Yarosit, leusit, alum (alum), ocher;
- Precious stones, semi precious stones;
- Quartz sand, kaolin, feldspar, gypsum, bentonite;
- Pumice, mattress, obsidian, pearlite, diatome soil, soil absorption (fullers earth);
- Marble, slate;
- Limestone, dolomite, calcite;
- Granite, andesite, basalt, trakhit, clay, and sand does not contain all the elements of a mineral group or class b in the amount that means in terms of the mining economy.
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