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CBSE - Geography - Minerals and Energy Resources

Minerals and Energy Resources

Short Answer Type

Describe the various forms in which minerals occur.

 a) In igneous and metamorphic rocks ( cracks, crevice, faults or joints)
 b) In beds or layers of sedimentary rocks due to deposition, accumulation and concentration.
 c) Decomposition of surface rocks
 d) Alluvial deposits in sands of valleys and the base of hills as “ Placer Deposits”

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