A new approach to mineralogy attests to mineral diversity and could advance scientists’ understandings about life on Earth and other planets.
have advanced a new system to categorize minerals – one that considers mineral structure and the circumstances of mineral formation.
In classifying minerals according to their formation, for instance, the team found that the mineral diversity of Earth mostly arose in its initial years of existence. Starting as early as 4.5 billion years ago, activities such as the formation and the first movements of the continental crust contributed to above average variety in mineral formation.
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