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The Rarest Mineral On Earth Has Only Ever Been Found In One Place
There are thousands of different minerals on Earth, but the discovery of a particular mineral is rather unique. After all, it ...
From Astronaut Bootprints to Lunar Blueprints: The Future of Moon Construction
NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at establishing a permanent moon base, relies on understanding lunar soil to use it as a ...
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Few Minerals Are Named for Women
New research shows that that less than 3% of all minerals are named after women, and progress has stalled since 1985.
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Discover Kent, Connecticut's boutique hotels and rich railroad and mineral history
I STARTED WHEN I WAS SIX AND I LIVED NEXT TO A MINERALOGIST, AND I USED TO GO DOWN AND BUG HIM AS A CHILD. PAWLOWSKI, A RETIRED EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER, FOUNDED THE MUSEUM IN 1995 WITH HIS OWN ...
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Archaeologists Discovered The Remains Of A European Renaissance Alchemist's Lab With Medicine Recipes Aimed To Treat Various Diseases
In the first half of the 1500s, a German mineralogist named Georgius Agricola noticed a strange substance in tin ore from the Saxony region. He called it "Wolfram," which was later renamed "tungsten." ...
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The miracle material of solar panels: Russia hides it from the world, and America has no idea
The energy sector is still finding ways to come to finding energy alternatives but the Russians have a miraculous solar material ...
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John William (Bill) Miller Obituary
Miller, 80, formerly of Custer, SD and Alliance, NE, passed away November 8, 2024 at Texas Health Harris Methodist ...