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What rock forms when great heat from magma bakes limestone forming crystals

Marble

What type of Mine is found there?

Zinc

Where is Tara Mines Located?

Navan, Co. Meath

When did Limestone Form?

350 Million years ago

What can sand be used for ?

Building Materials, Including Cement

What is Zinc used for?

Medicine & rust-Proofing Cars

What colour is Quartzite ?

White-Grey

Name and example of a rock that cools inside the earths crust

Granite

What is the name of the rock found at The Giants Causeway

Basalt

What county can you find Red Marble in ?

Co. Cork

Quartzite can be found in the Burren True/Flase?

False

What are the three methods of extracting rock resources from the earth?

Drilling, Opencast Mining, Shaft mining

True/ False Sandstone is Found in Co. Kerry

What type of rock is limestone

Sedimentary

How does a Metamorphic Rock form?

Forms from great heat and pressure working together

The mine provides direct employment to over 580 workers. What impact is this

Economic

What is an environmental Impact of Tara Mines

Local People are concerned about storage of large Ponds of waste water . People are afraid that local water supplies will be polluted.

True/ False Do you need to have an igneous and Sedimentary rock to form a metamorphic rock

True