Earth's most abundant mineral finally has a name

Earth's most abundant mineral finally has a name
Argonne IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2014 - An ancient meteorite and high-energy X-rays have helped scientists conclude a half century of effort to find, identify and characterize a mineral that makes up 38 percent of the Earth. And in doing so, a team of scientists led by Oliver Tschauner, a mineralogist at the University of Las Vegas, clarified the definition of the Earth's most abundant mineral - a high-density form of magnesium ... more

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