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First, you need to prospect it, than you need to mine for it. Minerals can appear in caves.
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What is the most common group of minerals and What is the percentage of the crust do they make up?
though there are thousands of different minerals only about 30 are common in earths crust. these 30 minerals make up most rocks in thee crust. i hope that helped :)
What element is abundant in earths crust and combines with oxygen to form rocks and minerals?
Silicon
What minerals is earths oceanic crust made up of?
Silicon (Si), Magnessium (Ma), and Iron (Fe).
Approximately how many of the 2500 minerals form the common rocks of the earths crust?
There are actually well over 4,000 known minerals as of 2010; of these, about two dozen form the bulk of the rock of the earth's crust.
What minerals is 99 percent of the Earth's crust made of?
SiO2 makes up around 50% of the crust in the form of many types of minerals like jasper, flint, chalcedony, opal, quartz.... There is no one mineral that makes up 99% of the earths crust
What are the most common minerals located in earths crust?
Silicate minerals such as quartz and feldspar are the most common minerals located in earths crust
How do you get silicon out of earths crust?
Silicon is a mixture of the minerals of the earths crust. so.... silicon isn't something from the earths crust. -thanks for your question.
What are the two most common silicate minerals in earths crust?
Quartz and feldspars are the most common silicate minerals of the crust.
Thin layers of rocks and minerals on earths surface called?
The crust.
Where can you find minerals other than earths crust?
the oceanic plate
What do several minerals make that make up earths outer crust?
the answer to this question is literally earth's crust.
What is rock forming minerals?
one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earths crust
How do deposits of minerals form deep inside the earths crust?
by heat and pressure
What are the two main groups of minerals abundant in earths crust?
Clay and Quartz!
Minerals can form deep inside earths crust by?
Minerals can form deep inside the Earth's crust by crystallization of melted materials.
What is the definition rock-forming minerals?
one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earths crust
The ten most common minerals make up what percentage of the earth's crust?
The answer is 90%. The ten most common minerals make up 90% of the earths crust.
