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Marble was used to sculpt the figure of Moses.
Who is Michelangelo
Estimated 5,000 in the world
What are minerals
Contains no plant or animal material
What is inorganic
Appear in caves, in deserts, ocean floors, mountain ranges, and river sediment
What are minerals
We get these by eating and drinking
How do we get minerals we need
Largest salt mine in the world
What is Ontario Canada
Formed during the flood year and creation week
What is metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks
Largest Salt Mine in the US
What is New York
Cubic, Tetragonal, Orthorhombic, Hexagonal, Monoclinic, Triclinic
What are crystalline structures
Collecting salt water in shallow pools, through wind and evaporation the salt is left behind and collected
What is evaporation for salt mining
Native minerals gold, copper, and silver contain only one
What is an element
Found in beach sand and river sediment; part of the mixture concrete
What is quartz
Created in sedimentary and volcanic rock, the round or sphere shaped oddities are formed because there are cavities inside them, often left from gas bubbles, which water and minerals pass through. As the rock hardens crystals form on the inside
What are geodes
Formed by cooled lava, give an example
What is igneous rock: granite, pumice, scorria, obsidian, basalt
Changed by pressure and heat, give an example
What is metamorphic rock: marble, slate
Formed by the layering of sediment then cemented together, give an example
What is sedimentary rock: limestone, sandstone, coal, chalk
Equipment, land rights, environmental regulations, trained personnel, transportation, time of processing
What are expenses of operating a mineral mine
Compounds made by God, Fixed Chemistry, Crystalline structure, inorganic, exists as a solid
What is the foundation for what a mineral is
Organic, a fossil, commonly liquid, a gas, a rock
What minerals are not
Make good and wise use of the things God created, and glorify Him
What does the command subdue the earth