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AIM: How are Minerals Created?

AIM: How are Minerals Created?. Minerals can form in TWO ways:. Crystallization of molten material Crystallization of materials dissolved in water. Crystallization:

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AIM: How are Minerals Created?

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  1. AIM: How are Minerals Created?

  2. Minerals can form in TWO ways: • Crystallization of molten material • Crystallization of materials dissolved in water. Crystallization: when atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure.

  3. Minerals from Magma and Lava • Minerals form when hot magma cools inside the earth, or when lava hardens on the surface. • When these liquids cool to a solid state, they form crystals. Video clip

  4. The size of the crystals depends on how fast the magma cools. • Magma deep in the ground cools SLOWLY, and crystals can grow very large. • Magma close to the surface cools QUICKLY, and crystals don’t have time to grow very large.

  5. The minerals that make up basalt are the same as those that make up gabbro. Basalt forms when magma cools quickly, and gabbro forms when magma cools very slowly. Basalt Gabbro

  6. Minerals from Solution • A solution is a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another. • Sometimes elements or compounds dissolved in water can leave a solution, and crystallization occurs. Salt on a stone of the Dead Sea, Israel

  7. Massive beams of selenite dwarf human explorers in Mexico's Cave of Crystals, deep below the Chihuahuan Desert. Formed over millennia, these crystals are among the largest yet discovered on Earth

  8. 1. Minerals formed by Evaporation • When a solution evaporates, minerals can be left behind. • Example: Deposits of the mineral HALITE (salt) formed over millions of years when ancient seas slowly evaporated. • In the U.S., halite deposits are found in the Midwest, the Southwest, and along the Gulf Coast.

  9. SEARLES LAKE, California Salt deposits

  10. 2. Minerals from hot water solutions • Deep underground magma can heat water and cause nearby minerals to dissolve. • When the water begins to cool, the minerals will begin to crystallize.

  11. Geodes are formations that occur in gas bubbles in sedimentary rock. Hydrothermal forces bring silica solutions which crystallize into a quartz crystal cave, usually starting as tiny interlocked crystals or Agate, and finishing with an interior of larger single crystals or Quartz. These can be many colors, Amathyst, Citrine, Smoky Quartz.

  12. Tourmaline crystals form as magma cools deep beneath the surface

  13. A vein is a narrow slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock. • Form when hot water solutions flow through cracks within the surrounding rock. A calcite vein within another rock. Pure silver can crystallize in veins from hot water solutions.

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