Book: Contemporary India-II
Chapter: 5. Minerals and Energy Resources
Subject: Social Science - Class 10th
Q. No. 2 of Exercises
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words:
How are minerals formed in igneous and metamorphic rocks?
Minerals could be found in cracks and crevices within igneous and metamorphic rocks. Minerals are initially in liquid/molten or gaseous form. They rise through the crack towards the earth’s surface and they solidify as they move upwards.
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