CCKH+4.2

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Vocabulary:

 * Solution:** a mixture in which one substance dissolves in another.
 * Vein:** a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is much different from the surrounding rock.


 * **How minerals form**
 * hardest know substance- diamond
 * **Process that forms minerals**
 * minerals form in 2 ways
 * 1, crystallization - melted materials
 * 2, crystallization - dissolved materials
 * **Minerals from magma**
 * minerals form as magma cools inside crust
 * **Minerals from hot water solutions**
 * solution
 * vein
 * **Minerals formed by evaporation**
 * minerals form when solutions evaporate
 * **Where minerals are found**
 * Earth's crust- made up of rock-forming minerals



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