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Originally Posted by Shiraz
Sorry you feel that way Carl. I have really enjoyed the discussion and both of my questions - what are the mechanisms for ore body formation and what does this mean in terms of the second law, have been answered - or at least the discussion has forced me to read and think about things to the extent that I now understand a lot more than I did. Anyway, thank you for your contribution. Regards Ray
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You just needed to be a bit more specific with how you worded your question. Most of the mechanisms behind ore deposit formation can be explained without having to revert to thermodynamics to answer the question. But if you want to understand how fluid-rock and chemical equilibrium interactions within ore deposits occur, then a reasonable understanding of thermodynamics (when it comes to mathematically modelling those processes) is advantageous.