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Which of the following is a way that minerals are formed?

a.
Minerals are left behind when super-heated water within the Earth cools.

b.
Minerals are left behind when water evaporates.

c.
Minerals are created through the destruction of other matter.

d.
Both A and B are correct

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D both A and B are correct I'm pretty shure
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Both A and B are correct

There are four influential methods by which minerals formed: Firstly by crystallization from magma, Secondly rainfall, Thirdly shifts in pressure and temperature, and Fourthly formation from hydro thermal liquids.

Some crystals form when molten rock, described as magma below a planet's surface and lava above, cools and molecules bond together into metal crystals. Other minerals develop when water that has particles of suspended elements in it, evaporates away.

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