Guillaume Albasini + 851 July 5, 2019 https://www.wired.com/story/geologists-discover-specks-new-minerals-earths-extremes/ Like a set of roiling cauldrons, Kamchatka’s volcanoes mix unusual combinations of atomic elements to forge minerals that are unlike anything anywhere else in the world. And in the past few years, researchers have discovered several new minerals on Kamchatka. “They pop up by accident,” says Joël Brugger, a geologist at Monash University in Australia, who helped discover a new mineral on the peninsula called nataliyamalikite in 2017. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenFranklin'sSpectacles + 762 SF July 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Guillaume Albasini said: https://www.wired.com/story/geologists-discover-specks-new-minerals-earths-extremes/ Like a set of roiling cauldrons, Kamchatka’s volcanoes mix unusual combinations of atomic elements to forge minerals that are unlike anything anywhere else in the world. And in the past few years, researchers have discovered several new minerals on Kamchatka. “They pop up by accident,” says Joël Brugger, a geologist at Monash University in Australia, who helped discover a new mineral on the peninsula called nataliyamalikite in 2017. That's interesting, but can anyone speak to the practical/economic/geopolitical/other implications of these discoveries? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites