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The Mystery Behind the Unique Chemistry of Earth’s Continents

May 4, 2023 Mark Lawrence

A microscope image from an experiment conducted for a study on continental crust. The image contains glass (brown), large garnets (pink), and other small mineral crystals. The field of view is 410 microns wide, about size of a sugar crystal. G. Macpherson and E. Cottrell, Smithsonian.

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