Slate pencils in different regions are made from different kinds of rocks, but the process is usually the same. The rocks are mined and they are cut into manageable slabs and then further cut into the required shape and size, usually 6 inch long rectangular pencils.
Slate pencils in India(more specifically southern India) are made from a type of sedimentary rock known as Shale, which is composed of mud that is a mixture of clay minerals (kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite) and small quantities of other minerals especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to the other minerals gives the shale its colour. Shale from which slate pencils are made, are light gray in colour.
Slate pencils in certain other parts of India are made from soft Soapstone, which is a metamorphic rock, composed dominantly of talc.
pencils are made in simple molds. machines cut a small piece of wood and place a strip of lead into it. then , other machines somehow melt another piece of wood to it and VWALAH! a pencil.
I did, I used the pencil sharpener and made the pencil sharper.
Pencil is made from graphite
A pencil is made out of wood and lead (graphite)
a pencil made out of charcoal
Pencil Tip is made of Lead, but nowadays it is usually made of Graphite.
no a led pencil is made of graphite
There is some pencil lead that is made in Canada.
usually pencil sharpeners are made of plastic and metal.
There is no lead in pencil - Pencil is made from graphite
pencil drawing
The "lead" of a pencil is made from graphite, which is a form of carbon.
pencil is use in chromography because the pencil is made from lead