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Minerals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| form from magma that cools inside the crust or lava that cools on the surface. Magma cools slowly creating large minerals, and lava cools quickly creating small minerals. | Crystallization through melted materials |
| Magma heats water to very high temperatures, when the hot water cools the water and leaves the solution that creates the crystallization. | Minerals in Hot Water Solution |
| when solutions evaporate | Minerals form |
| Many rare and valuable minerals are found in or near volcanic activity, mountain building, and bodies of water | Where minerals are found |
| Using minerals such as rubies and sapphires for jewelry | Gemstones |
| Using minerals such as aluminum, iron, copper, and silver, to make other items we use or want. | Metals |
| a rock that contains metal or useful minerals | Ores |
| someone who looks for ore deposits | Prospector |
| Where ore deposits are mined. | Mining |
| Equipment scrapes away the earth's surface to find ores | Strip mines |
| Used when ores or on the earth's surface, but at least 100 meters down. | Open Pit mines |
| are deep in the earth’s surface following the veins of an ore | Shaft mines |
| The process that is used after the ore is removed from the mine and the metal is removed from the ore. | Smelting |