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Mantle minerals supply clues to deep Earth’s composition
Scientists now have a clearer image of the Earth’s mantle. Geology News — ScienceDaily
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Minerals in Volcanic Rock Offer New Insights Into the First 1.5 Billion Years of Earth’s Evolution
Photomicrographs of fresh olivine (large green, blue and pink crystals) and glass inclusion (lower left inset). The first 1.5 billion years of Earth’s evolution is subject to considerable… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full … Continue reading
Newly discovered volcanic rock minerals may offer new insights into earth’s evolution
Scientists have found evidence showing that komatiites, or three-billion-year old volcanic rock found within the Earth’s mantle, had a different composition than modern ones. Their discovery may offer new information about the first one billion years of Earth’s development and … Continue reading
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Scientists Turn to Big Data in Hunt for Minerals, Oil and Gas
The distribution of minerals and localities follows a distinctive pattern with a few very common minerals and many more rare species-a distribution that has led to the prediction that more than 1,500 mineral species occur on Earth but have yet … Continue reading
Big data points humanity to new minerals, new deposits
Researchers have found a way to predict minerals missing from those known to science, where to find them, and where to look for new deposits of valuable minerals such as gold and copper. Geology News — ScienceDaily
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tangledwing:Secondary copper minerals from decomposed primary…
tangledwing: Secondary copper minerals from decomposed primary copper ores (25x). John I. Koivula,Gemological Institute of America. Geology Nerd
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‘Nesting doll’ minerals offer clues to Earth’s mantle dynamics
The fragment of the metamorphic rock eclogite in which the garnet that encased the ferric-iron-rich majorite sample was found in Northern China. Rare sample discovered of the mineral majorite that originated at least 235 miles below Earth’s surface Recovered minerals … Continue reading