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Pulverizing Rocks Using a Jaw Crusher

File Name	m00008.img.801.jaw.crusher.jpg
Data Type	photograph
Computer Program	Adobe Illustrator CS2
File Size	409.00 KB - 2 files [ jpg,pdf ]
Expert Level	High School (Grade 9-12)
Contributor	ERESE Database Team
Source	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Resource Matrix	The Formation of Seamounts

Description
To be able to work only with mineral separates and basaltic rock grains, one has to break up whole pieces of solid rock into a fine gravel that can be further processed. To reduce the sample to gravel, pieces of sample as large as one-by-one inch blocks, are put through a jaw crusher that generates a gravel which can be further processed.