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Minerals - Paper

Minerals

are natural compounds or elements of inorganic nature. There are 92
naturally occuring elements that have specific physical properties, definite
chemical composition, and characteristic atomic structure. You can also find
between 2,000 to 2,500 minerals in the earths crust. Minerals are formed in a
positive response to their environment, most of them to deep for an observer.
Environments in which minerals are formed far beneath the earths surface are
plutonic igneous, pegmatitic, hot temperature vein, moderate temp. vein, low
temp. vein, and a metamorphic environment. Environments in which minerals form
near the earths surface are groundwater, weathering, and sedimentary. ...

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Added: 8/17/2005 11:54:39 PM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
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