"mineral" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The dripping water deposited minerals and built up the cavern decorations from the ceiling and floor.
- When water did overflow and wash down the sides of the canal, it evaporated and deposited minerals along the base.
- These basalt then underwent weathering by fluids, which deposited minerals enriched in incompatible elements in their fissures and cracks.
- Four hundred million years ago, California lay at the bottom of a large sea; underwater volcanoes deposited lava and minerals (including gold) onto the sea floor.
- Since that time, it has deposited minerals which grow a tufa deposit at the rate of two inches per year.
- Waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have deposited minerals, and created natural dams.
- Water seeping through these cavities or vesicles deposited minerals including gemstones such as amethyst, agate, jasper and calcite.
- "We have a good chance of catching the fluids in the act of depositing minerals," Dr. Gardner said.
- Some 400 million years ago, California lay at the bottom of a large sea; underwater volcanoes deposited lava and minerals (including gold) onto the sea floor; sometimes enough that islands were created.
- Outside coatings and cracks inside the rocks suggest water deposited minerals, maybe bromine compounds.
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