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Rough diamond hints at vast quantities of water inside Earth

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A small, battered diamond found in the gravel strewn along a shallow riverbed in Brazil has provided evidence of a vast “wet zone” deep...

A clean way to extract rare earth metals

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Rare earth metals — those 17 chemically similar elements at the bottom of the periodic table — are in almost every piece of technology...

New method for tracking the sources of diamonds

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A technique for identifying the sources of diamonds without the use of clues such as the presence of specific inclusions will be reported on...

What is granite rock and how is it formed?

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What is Granite? Granite is a common type of granular and phaneritic felsic intrusive igneous rock. Granites, depending on their mineralogy, can be predominantly white, pink...

Ancient Namibian stone could hold key to future quantum computers

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A special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers, which could solve long-held...

Kyanite mineral information

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Chemical Formula: Al2(SiO4)OLocality: Common world wide.Name Origin: From the Greek kyanos = “blue.” Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek word kuanos sometimes referred to as “kyanos”, meaning...

Chrysoberyl: One of the world’s most expensive Gemstone

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The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is a beryllium aluminate with the formula BeAl2O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greekwords χρυσός chrysos and...

Earth’s oldest minerals date onset of plate tectonics to 3.6 billion years ago

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Scientists provide new evidence that modern plate tectonics, a defining feature of Earth and its unique ability to support life, emerged roughly 3.6 billion...

Where does all Earth’s gold come from?

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Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that...
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