SOLUTION. Ores of Calcium: • Gypsum - CaSO₄·2H₂O- manufacture of wallboard, cement, soil conditioning, Plaster of Paris, fertilizer • Asbestos - CaSi 3.MgSiO 3 - Used for lining safes and steam-packing, and for making incombustible cloth, lamp-wicks, etc. • Calcite - CaCO 3 - Used as a construction material, abrasive, agricultural soil treatment, construction aggregate, pigment