by: malina ross. black gold jewelry helps to produce gasoline most traded oil in the world...
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Black Gold and Minerals
By: Malina Ross
Uses
BLACK GOLD
Jewelry Helps to produce
gasoline Most traded oil in the
world
MINERALS
Minerals are used in many things
Some are : Gallium – Used in the
electronics industry Diamond (Industrial) –
Machinery, mineral services, stone and ceramic products, abrasives, construction, drilling, transportation equipment
Minerals Uses
Bismuth – Is a by-product of ore processing, used in chemicals, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Cement – Building materials, stucco and mortar
Effects on Earth
BLACK GOLD
Black gold is becoming more popular
The bad side is that you have to dig more and more into Earth to keep getting this.
If black gold is getting removed more and more from the Earth, the Earth will get weaker
MINERALS
Digging and mining minerals causes ecological disturbance, destruction of natural flora and fauna, pollution of air, land and water, instability of soil and rock masses, landscape degradation and radiation hazards
It also damages vegetation
Effects on Organisms
MINERALS
Minerals make richer soil for the organisms and don’t cause much harm
BLACK GOLD
Black gold is oil and of course causes pollution which is harmful to everyone.
Useful Energy
MINERALS
Minerals must go through a process that separates the actual mineral from everything else in the rock
They can be crushed down and turned into powder
BLACK GOLD
Can be used to provide energy services for human activities, such as lighting, space heating, water heating, cooking, motive power, electronic activity.
Energy resources crude oil
can be harvested to energy.
Mineral Disaster
There was a mining accident at the Fairmount Coal Company that killed 269 people in 1907 .There were two mines that were electrically wired together and the men were using black powder for blasting and there were traces of gas also. One morning the men came in and a man blasted through and cause the whole thing to explode. All but 4 men were killed. There was a big mess of minerals every were and it took 2 years to clean up.