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Karelian deposits, Type I/II/III/IV, formation history.

Karelian deposits, Type I/II/III/IV, formation history.

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When 9,000 square kilometres of rock got their own geological era named after them Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 3 weeks 3 days ago, by Research Last Post 3 weeks 3 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:7	Last Post by Research 3 weeks 3 days ago
How old is shungite? 2,050,000,000 years, give or take Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 4 weeks 1 day ago, by Research Last Post 4 weeks 1 day ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:7	Last Post by Research 4 weeks 1 day ago
Three competing theories of where shungite came from. The geologists haven't fully decided. Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 1 month 2 days ago, by Research Last Post 1 month 2 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:10	Last Post by Research 1 month 2 days ago
The Onega Parametric Borehole drilled 3500 metres through the Karelian shungite belt and surfaced 2-billion-year-old rock salt that had never been seen anywhere on Earth before Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 1 month 3 days ago, by Research Last Post 1 month 3 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:8	Last Post by Research 1 month 3 days ago
The Russian microscopist who looked at shungite up close and saw spheres Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 1 month 4 days ago, by Research Last Post 1 month 4 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:7	Last Post by Research 1 month 4 days ago
The 2-billion-year-old rock that is forcing Earth scientists to rewrite the oxygen story Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 1 month 4 days ago, by Research Last Post 1 month 4 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:7	Last Post by Research 1 month 4 days ago
The Karelian shungite type locality is a 10-hectare protected site you can visit but not chip a sample from Category: Mineralogy & Geology Topic started 1 month 5 days ago, by Research Last Post 1 month 5 days ago by Research	Replies:0 Views:7	Last Post by Research 1 month 5 days ago