Ian Jackson, Australian National University (IMAGE)

Australian National University

Ian Jackson, Australian National University

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Professor Ian Jackson with a fragment of the Earth's upper mantle, peridotite (green rock inside the black material), brought from around 30km depth within a basaltic magma.

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