31 New Carbon-Bearing Minerals Found in Four Years (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

31 New Carbon-Bearing Minerals Found in Four Years

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The Carbon Mineral Challenge was started by DCO in 2015 with a prediction of 145 yet-to-be-discovered. In the four years since, 31 new-to-science minerals have turned up (including triazolite, discovered in Chile, thought to have derived in part from cormorant guano. Download photo at http://bit.ly/DCOTriazolite. More re. Triazolite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triazolite)

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Joy Desor, Mineralanalytik Analytical Services

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