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Microbes Spotted in “Polyextreme” Hot Springs

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Hot springs that are as acidic as battery acid are home to single-celled microorganisms that may indicate that life could have been sustained on ancient Mars.

Map of a zoned dolomite crystal in a quartz matrix from the Strelley Pool Formation created using GIS software.
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Making Maps on a Micrometer Scale

by B. J. Linzmeier, K. Kitajima, A. C. Denny and J. N. Cammack 17 May 20187 March 2023

Geographic information system software, created for mapping cities and continents, works equally well with the minuscule layers and inclusions that record a crystal’s history.

New mineral merelaniite looks like fine hairs.
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Whiskers on Familiar Crystal Revealed as New Mineral

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A 14-year-old girl's chance encounter with a random sample of tanzanite led scientists to find an entirely new mineral.

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