Question

question 2 of 5
which statement is not an example of a way a mineral can form?
a. pressure underground causes particles in rock to reorganize,
forming garnet.
b. a tourmaline crystal forms from magma cooling very slowly
underground.
c. dissolved substances crystallize on the bottom of a lake as
dolomite.
d. scientists grow a diamond under laboratory conditions.

Explanation:

Minerals are naturally - occurring substances. Options A (metamorphic process), B (igneous process), and C (sedimentary process) are natural ways of mineral formation. Option D involves human - made (laboratory) growth, which is not a natural way of mineral formation.

Answer:

D. Scientists grow a diamond under laboratory conditions.