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Hydrothermal Processes in Ore Formation

Originally Published 4 months ago — by Hackaday

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The article explains hydrothermal ore formation, focusing on how supercritical fluids from magma chambers create deposits like pegmatites and hydrothermal veins, which contain valuable minerals such as gold, lithium, and rare-earth elements, and discusses their significance both on Earth and potentially on other rocky bodies in the solar system.