limestone ( calcite ) and dolomite is the most abundant mineral that forms from evaporating water.
limestone ( calcite ) and dolomite is the most abundant mineral that forms from evaporating water.
what is the most abundant mineral that forms from evaporating water?
limestone ( calcite ) and dolomite
benue state is blessed with abundant mineral resources. these resources are distributed in the local government areas of the state. of these mineral resources, only limestone at tse-kucha near gboko and kaolinite at otukpo are being commercially exploited. other mineral deposits include baryte, gypsum, feldspar, wolframite, kaolinite, mineral salts and gemstone etc.









































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benue state is the nation's acclaimed food basket because of its rich agricultural produce which include yam, rice, beans, cassava, sweet-potato, maize, soybean, sorghum, millet, sesame, cocoyam etc. the state accounts for over 70% of nigeria's soybean production.
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ferropericlase (mg,fe)o, a solid solution of periclase (mgo) and wüstite (feo), makes up about 20% of the volume of the lower mantle of the earth, which makes it the second most abundant mineral phase in that region after silicate perovskite (mg,fe)sio; it also is the major host for iron in the lower mantle. at the bottom of the transition zone of the mantle, the reaction γ-(mg,fe)[sio] ↔ (mg,fe)[sio] + (mg,fe)o transforms γ-olivine into a mixture of silicate perovskite and ferropericlase and vice versa. in the literature, this mineral phase of the lower mantle is also often called magnesiowüstite. silicate perovskite may form up to 93% of the lower mantle, and the magnesium iron form, (mg,fe)sio, is considered to be the most abundant mineral in the earth, making up 38% of its volume.
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