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