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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| FINISHED IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS SOLD BY PROCESSORS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY KIND1 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Kind | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Natural: | ||||||||
| Black, magnetite | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Umbers: | ||||||||
| Burnt����� | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Raw�� | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Red, iron oxide2 | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Undistributed and othere, 3 | 47,000 | 4 | $21,400 | W | W | |||
| Totale | 47,000 | 4 | 21,400 | W | W | |||
| Synthetic: | ||||||||
| Black, iron oxide | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Brown, iron oxide | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Red, iron oxide | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Yellow, iron oxidee | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Mixtures of natural and synthetic, iron oxides | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Totale, 3 | 23,000 | 4 | 47,800 | W | W | |||
| Grand totale� | 70,000 | 4 | 69,300 | 50,000 | 4 | 49,600 | ||
| eEstimated. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Natural, undistributed and other" | ||||||||
| and "Synthetic, total."�� | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Includes pyrite cinder. | ||||||||
| 3Includes brown burnt sienna, ocher, raw sienna, and data indicated by symbol W.� | ||||||||
| 4Rounded to two significant digits. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program