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Metal Ores - Coggle Diagram
Metal Ores
Extracting steps
Second
unwanted rocks and minerals are separated from the ore.
Third
the ore is treated with heat, electricity, or chemicals to extract the metal.
First
the ore and its surrounding material are taken from the ground.
Smelting
oldest way of extracting metal from ore
has a metal inside it
The same ore maycontain more than one metal
galena contains silver and lead
Different types of ore may contain the same metal
iron is found in several different ore minerals: hematite, magnetite, limonite, and siderite.
valuable
galena
main source of lead
sphalerite
main source of zinc
Where can we find them?
Earth's surface
Deposits
not pure
mixed with
other minerals
rocks