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Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...

Petrology articles from across Nature Portfolio Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

We are part of a research team that has confirmed the oldest known rocks on Earth are located in northern Québec.__ ...

Geologists discover three unique new minerals at Cookes Peak, New Mexico: raydemarkite, virgilluethite, and stunorthropite.

Abigail Chobany, a master's student in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, ...

WITH the collaboration of Dr. A. K. Wells, this well-known text-book has been revised and extended until now it is virtually a new book. Among the new features are chapters dealing with the ...

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