Economic Geology Economic - making money Geology - from the ground

Economic Geology Economic - making money Geology - from the ground

1. STRATEGIES OF MAKING MONEY FROM THE GROUND

   • Coal
   • Oil
   • Minerals
   • Metals (ores)
   • Bridge building
   • Building materials
   • Waste disposal
   • Earthquake prediction

2. Water from the ground

   • Aquifers - rocks that have the ability to store water
   • Porousity - amount of pore spaces
     • Saturated
       • Where there is a seperation between pore spaces with water and without water in, that is called a Water Table
     • Impermeable
       • Rock that doesn't allow water through

3. IDing minerals

   • Mineral colour
     • Basically what colour the mineral is
     • Rubbish for the ID of minerals
     • Too many whites
   • Mineral streak
   • Mineral lustre
     • Describes the way that light is reflected by the mineral
       • Metallic
       • Vitreous (glassy)
       • Dull
   • Transparency
     • How light passes through a mineral
       • Transparent - see through it
       • Translucent - can vaguely see through it
       • Opaque - no light passes through

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