Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak – it’s a missing link
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...
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Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there ...
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What's the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Related: Fountains of diamonds that erupt from Earth's center are revealing the lost history of supercontinents A good example of a mineral is quartz, which is found across the world and in different ...
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9 strange rocks found on Mars that reveal the planet's history
The forearm-sized rock contained clay minerals that formed in neutral waters, this is favorable for the existence of prebiotic chemistry. Found in the Jezero crater, Breccia is a rock composed of ...
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Enhydros, Agates, And Fluid Inclusions: The Ancient Rocks With A Juicy Center
Liquid-filled rocks form when minerals trap fluids, but depending on their composition they can either be classed as enhydros, enhydro agates, or fluid inclusions. An enhydro is a hollow nodule that ...