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Manganaxinite on Rhodonite

Manganaxinite on Rhodonite, Photo: © Rob Lavinsky Manganaxinite Formula: Ca 2 Mn +2 Al 2 BSi 4 O 15 (OH) System:Tric…

Fish teeth and tectonic plates tell a new story about world's largest ocean current

Fossil fish teeth recovered from the ocean floor around Tasmania have shed new light on the origins of the world'…

Spectacular Malachite, Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla System: Orthorhombic Colour: Green, bluish green, ... Lustre: Vitreous, Waxy, Earthy Hardness: 2½ - 3½ A…

Origins of life: New model may explain emergence of self-replication on early Earth

A schematic drawing of template-assisted ligation, shown in this model to give rise to autocatalytic systems. O…

Gascoyne's 'Trapped Continent' Turns Up Unusual Gold Deposit

The Nalunaq Gold Mine contains hanging wall rocks (pictured) which are Paleoproterozoic amphibolite-facies metadolerites…

First measurements taken of South Africa's Iron Age magnetic field history

Magnetic field strength in the South Atlantic Anomaly is shown. Credit: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester. …

'Carbon sink' detected underneath world's deserts

Scientists followed the journey of water through the Tarim Basin from the rivers at the edge of the valley to the des…

Ring Dikes complex

While big game animals such as lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and water buffaloes draw most visitors to Pilanesb…