In The News: Department of Geoscience
Tree ring records show droughts worse than 2021 summer, without influence of climate change.
Scientists have found a new mineral packed in diamond more than 600 km deep in the Earth's lower mantle for the first time.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas geochemists found a mineral on the earth’s surface that’s only been found hundreds of miles below the surface in the earth’s mantle.
Until now, researchers believed davemaoite could never be found on Earth's surface.
Scientists have found an unprecedented sample of a rare diamond from the bowels of the Earth called davemaoite.
All eyes are expected to focus on Botswana after a diamond that was unearthed from Orapa mines has the scientific community in the Unites States talking not because of its size or color but its mineral composition.
Scientists discovered an unprecedented mineral in a diamond.
For the first time, a high-pressure calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3) has been identified as a naturally occurring mineral from Earth’s lower mantle, researchers report.
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Until now, researchers believed the mineral could never be found on the earth's surface.
When Oliver Tschauner and colleagues dusted off a sample of volcano-ejected diamond found in a South African mine, they had no idea that they were holding the first-ever natural sample of a new high-pressure mineral from deep within Earth.
Study suggests that certain organic compounds in soil could make asbestos fibers more mobile.