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| _____ Pipes are the sources of diamonds. |
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Kimberlite Pipes.
Kimberlites are a type of K-rich volcanic rock that contains xenoliths and ultramafic rocks. |
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| Largest Li (Lithium) reserves are found in ______. |
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| ________: a rock containing useful metallic minerals that make it valuable for mining; also used to refer to some nonmetallic minerals such as Fluorite and Sulfur. |
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Hydrothermal deposits
1) _____: solution moves along fractures, cools, and precipitates within cracks.
2) _______:Ores precipitated as minute masses throughout entire rock mass.
3) _________: Where magma is near surface,dissolved metals precipitate when water cools in air. |
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1) Vein deposits
2) disseminated deposits
3)Surface deposits |
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| ______chambers drive hydrothermal circulation that moves metals. |
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Metamorphic Ore Deposits
Name 2 |
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zinc Sphalerite
Lead chalcopyrite
copper
Galena |
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________deposits formed when heavy minerals are mechanically concentrated by currents.
Ex: Gold, tin, Platinum, diamonds |
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