Calcite is one of the important ingredients required in glass and ceramic industries for imparting glaze and also as a flux. In pulverised form, it is used as filler in rubber goods and in textiles and as an extender in paints and as a carrier in insecticides. other uses are in the manufacture of mortar, cement, bleaching powder, and preparation of fat lime, soaps, detergents, plastics, polymers, etc.