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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| ESTIMATED FELDSPAR PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
| Flotation concentrate | Other 2 | Total | ||||||||||
| Year | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| 2005 | 350 | 19,000 | 400 | 23,000 | 750 | 43,000 | ||||||
| 2006 | 340 | 19,000 | 430 | 25,000 | 760 | 45,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to two significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes hand-cobbed feldspar, feldspar-quartz mixtures (feldspar content), and aplite; excludes nepheline syenite. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program