This is one method of crystal formation.
A vien
The hot water solution cools, and the mineral compound leaves and forms minerals.
This is one method of crystal formation.
The hot water solution cools, and the mineral compound leaves and forms minerals.
The hot water solution cools, and the mineral compound leaves and forms minerals.
True. Veins minerals are deposited from solutions like water that flow through cracks in rocks, carrying dissolved minerals which crystallize and form veins as the solution evaporates or cools.
I know that one is a hot water solution.... Sorry I need the other too! If you find out update this and let me know! Minerals can form on the surface through evaporation of solutions containing dissolved minerals. Minerals can also form beneath the surface when dissolved elements and compounds leave a hot water solution or when magma cools and hardens.
I know that one is a hot water solution.... Sorry I need the other too! If you find out update this and let me know! Minerals can form on the surface through evaporation of solutions containing dissolved minerals. Minerals can also form beneath the surface when dissolved elements and compounds leave a hot water solution or when magma cools and hardens.
The hot water solution cools and evaporates, leaving behind the mineral.
A hydrothermal solution is a very hot mixture of water and dissolved substances. Hydrothermal solutions have temperatures between 1000C and 3000C. When these solutions come into contact with existing materials, chemical reactions occur to form new materials. Also, when such solutions cool, some of the elements in them combine to form such minerals as quarts and pyrite.
Water must evaporate or cool down in order for its dissolved minerals to be deposited. As the water evaporates or cools, it becomes supersaturated with minerals, causing them to come out of solution and form solid deposits. This process is known as precipitation.
Deep in the Earth, minerals are dissolved in the hot, high pressure water underground. That water seeps upwards into cracks in the rock. As it rises, it both cools and lowers in pressure. These reduce the ability of the water to hold the minerals in solution. The minerals crystallize in the cracks, forming the veins of mineral ore.