Every mineral has a story. These stories could help researchers delve into the depths of life's history, guide the search for newer minerals, and help find habitable planets and extraterrestrial life existing on other planets.
- a list assembled over centuries. Hazen and Morrison have now increased the number to 10,500 of what they term "mineral kinds." This term states takes into account that many minerals can be formed in several different ways.based on their form variations. These include those baked from the ultra-high pressure deep within the Earth, diamonds that were formed from a meteor strike, and more. But, no mineral in the catalog has as many different kinds as pyrite, also known as.
While 80 percent of Earth's minerals were borne of water-rock interactions, nine percent were formed through only one process. Just eight percent of the minerals were formed through four or more processes.
The new mineral cataloging system democratizes mineral science by relying on known processes based on the vast published literature that has never been compiled into open-access data resources. The researchers have identified 10,556 different combinations of minerals and modes of formation, detailed in the paper, "On the paragenetic modes of minerals: A mineral evolution perspective," making it instantly accessible to anyone.
The researchers also noted that several of the most essential mineral-forming processes, such as the development of the oceans and the continental crust, would have occurred during Earth's first billion years or even earlier.said in a statement
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