As the original producers of wollastonite, NYCO's corporate history dates back to the commercialization of this unique mineral. NYCO's New York wollastonite deposit was discovered in1810, before the mineral was known as wollastonite. This outcrop was initially mined for garnet, and wasn't rediscovered as a source of wollastonite until 1936. Koert Burnham, the son of a garnet miner, was encouraged by his father to pioneer the processing and potential uses of this mineral. A grant from the U.S. De...
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