Examples of valuable nonmetallic minerals extracted by mining are ________

A) gold, platinum, copper
B) diamonds, gravel, phosphate
C) nitrogen, hydrogen, neon
D) radon, radium, sodium
E) lead, cadmium, mercury


Answer: B

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