Erm, no coal isn't a mineral - it is a rock. I wouldn't describe it as being extracted from the bowels of the Earth - it's mined.
Coal, graphite, diamonds...
Because you cannot extract coal from a mine when youre halfway across the earth.
Coal is extracted in two methods. One is by digging tunnels into the earth and following the vein of coal, removing it by rail cart. The other is strip mining where they remove the earth above the coal and dig down to it. This way usually involves the removal of entire mountain tops to get at the coal. Recently however they have started to replant the vegetation when they are done to reclaim the land back to a natural state.
A vein in rock is a line that contains another mineral besides the larger percentage of what the rock is made up of. A vein, for example, could be a vein of coal in a coal mine. Coal is extracted out of the rock.
Coal is not considered a mineral because it is of organic origin.
Most coal and oil are natural and is extracted from the earth. Most coal and oil are natural and is extracted from the earth.
Coal, graphite, diamonds...
Because you cannot extract coal from a mine when youre halfway across the earth.
Gold is extracted from the earth itself, near the place underground where coal miners work.
Resources that are extracted from the Earth's crust are geological resources, including rocks and mineral ores. Natural gas, crude oil, coal, copper, and gypsum are geological resources.
Coal is extracted in two methods. One is by digging tunnels into the earth and following the vein of coal, removing it by rail cart. The other is strip mining where they remove the earth above the coal and dig down to it. This way usually involves the removal of entire mountain tops to get at the coal. Recently however they have started to replant the vegetation when they are done to reclaim the land back to a natural state.
A vein in rock is a line that contains another mineral besides the larger percentage of what the rock is made up of. A vein, for example, could be a vein of coal in a coal mine. Coal is extracted out of the rock.
A vein in rock is a line that contains another mineral besides the larger percentage of what the rock is made up of. A vein, for example, could be a vein of coal in a coal mine. Coal is extracted out of the rock.
Coal is not a mineral. A mineral is a solid non-organic substance. Coal is an organic substance.
coal isnt a mineral
Coal is not a mineral and is not rare.
coal is a mineral found in the earth where as a volcano is a large 'tunnel like' land mass leading deep within the earth it is similar to a pipe but for lava.