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GCSE Geology

Explore 5 ways minerals form: Solidification, Hydrothermal Activity, Recrystallisation, Evaporation, Cementation. Learn about Cornish Granite, Hydrothermal Veins, Marble formation, Salt Water Evaporation, Sedimentary Rock Cementation.

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GCSE Geology

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  1. GCSE Geology Mineral Forming Processes Click anywhere on the screen to move on.

  2. Minerals form in 5 different ways • Solidification • Hydrothermal Activity • Recrystallisation • Evaporation • Cementation Mineral Forming Processes – S.H.R.E.C. Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/modhousewife/2943107801

  3. Solidification (crystallisation) from a molten state from Lava or Magma Cornish Granite Shap Granite Forms the silicate minerals making up igneous rocks and includes quartz, feldspars, micas, augite and olivine

  4. Hydrothermal Activity Groundwater is heated by igneous plutons to between 50°C and 400°C Hot water dissolves out trace amounts of metals from large volume of rock as it travels along bedding planes, joints, laminations, faults, cleavages and pore spaces As these hot waters cool they precipitate the metals in veins and lodes in a more concentrated form. Examples include galena (lead ore) and haematite (iron ore) Haematite Galena

  5. Hydrothermal activity along the Mid Atlantic Ridge Hydrothermal fluids at 350°C Seawater at 2°C to 4°C Chimneys can grow to over 30 metres high Results in the formation of chimneys of massive sulphide minerals such as galena, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite

  6. Metamorphic Recrystallisation Calcite recrystallises when limestone is heated, forming marble Heat and pressure turn clay minerals (in shale) into garnet and mica in a schist.

  7. Evaporation of Salt Water Seawater contains an average of 3.5% dissolved solids

  8. Evaporation of Salt Water As seawater evaporates the concentration of dissolved solids progressively increases

  9. Evaporation of Salt Water Salt deposits (halite) Death Valley, California Calcite, gypsum and halite can be precipitated from solution following the evaporation of a shallow body of salt water e.g. A sea or lake

  10. Precipitation as a Cement Precipitation of minerals as a cement from pore water turns a loose sediment into sedimentary rock (lithification) Quartz, calcite or haematite may be precipitated around existing grains filling pore spaces in sedimentary rocks Haematite cement coating quartz grains

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