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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||
| ESTIMATED FELDSPAR SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Glass3 | 470 | 27,000 | 480 | 28,000 | ||||||
| Pottery and miscellaneous | 270 | 18,000 | 280 | 19,000 | ||||||
| Total | 750 | 45,000 | 4 | 760 | 47,000 | 4 | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to two significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes hand-cobbed feldspar, flotation-concentrate feldspar, feldspar in feldspar-quartz mixtures, and aplite. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes container glass, glass fiber, and other glass. | ||||||||||
| 4Represents final marketable product; value higher than that listed in tables 1 and 2.� | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program