	US 12,264,112 B2
	Pelletized basalt for use as a soil amendment
John Horton, Frederick, MD (US); and Justin P. Dunlap, Hagerstown, MD (US)
Assigned to Specialty Granules Investments LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by Specialty Granules Investments LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,208.
Application 18/314,208 is a continuation of application No. 17/005,352, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,680,023.
Application 17/005,352 is a continuation of application No. 16/829,258, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 10,766,827, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,334, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271891 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C05D 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC C05D 9/00 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. A soil amendment composition comprising:

at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof, wherein the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof is present at 60 wt % to 98 wt % based on a total weight of the soil amendment composition; and

a binding agent,

wherein the soil amendment composition is in the form of a plurality of particles,

wherein the plurality of particles comprises a plurality of agglomerated particles having an average particle size of about 0.25 mm to about 10 mm, each of the plurality of agglomerated particles being a particle in which a plurality of particles of the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof are agglomerated together by the binding agent, and

wherein the binding agent comprises humic acid.