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Aleksandr [31]
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Rocks of the continental crust contain different minerals and each mineral has its own melting point. If the minerals with the l

owest melting temperatures are the only ones melted, this is referred to as:
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lesya692 [45]2 years ago
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Answer: Partial melting

Explanation: Partial melting occurs when the temperature is high enough to melt some of the materials that make up a rock but not all. This happens because a rock is not made up of a single material but different materials which have different melting points.  

As the molten or melted rock cools down it crystallizes in a process known as fractional crystallization and this is how igneous rocks are formed.  

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