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Heat and pressure change the chemical composition of rocks to form minerals.
Heat and pressure change the chemical composition of rocks to form minerals.
Metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools.
Metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools.
Deep underground minerals are lifted up by land movement and exposed by weathering and erosion.
Deep underground minerals are lifted up by land movement and exposed by weathering and erosion.
Underground heated water pulls minerals through cracks in the crust, forming veins of minerals.
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Metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools.
At divergent ocean plate boundaries, seawater seeps into the crust, gets heated by the magma, dissolves metals, and then forms mineral deposits as it cools when it reaches the ocean water.
