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Rocks and minerals play a very important role in our lives.
Can you imagine modern life without minerals?
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Solution
Life without rocks and minerals would be disastrous –
Rocks are of great value to us. Some of the main benefits of- rocks are listed below :
- Soil is formed when rocks gradually break up and disintegrated by mechanical and chemical processes.
- Rocks contain a great variety of minerals that yield metals such as iron, manganese, and copper, which are important raw materials for
mineral-based manufacturing industries.
We shall face many problems if rocks and minerals get diminished.
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