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This photograph of a rock quarry is from the "Minerals in Your World" project, a cooperative effort between the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute.
quarry (n):
1. EARTH SCIENCE. A place where rocks and minerals are dug out from the earth. 2. BIOLOGY. An animal hunted by another animal; prey.