Restricted ocean basins located in warm climates will experience high rates of evaporation, which will result in the creation of evaporate minerals such as gypsum or halite
When such a solution containing dissolved mineral matter evaporates, why does the mineral matter precipitate instead of evaporating with the water?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The molecules of mineral are too heavy evaporate at those temperature conditions and will remain behind in the solution until the solution becomes saturated.
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