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Deposits: Deposits – Fossils, geology and minerals. Highly acclaimed international earth science blog with over 800 articles and book reviews.

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Critical minerals (Part 10): Antimony – a metal with a long memory
Michael C Mackiewicz (USA) Antimony is one of those elements that most people have heard of at one time or another, but when asked why it is important, they would be at a loss for words. However, it is critical in making flame-retardant fabrics, battery grids, solders, bearings, ammunition and …

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The weird and wonderful of the Ediacaran Period (Part 8): Rangea – a fractal frond from the dawn of complex life
Jon Trevelyan (UK) This is the eighth of my series of short articles on fossils of the Ediacaran Period. Rangea is one of the most distinctive and important members of the Ediacaran biota. Dating to roughly 550 million years ago, it is amongst the earliest organisms to exhibit complex, modular …

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Explaining the Earth: An Introduction to the Earth and its Systems, by Paul Binns
Paul Binns’ Explaining the Earth: An Introduction to the Earth and its Systems is an attractive and highly accessible introduction to the planet and its major systems. Beautifully illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs and clear explanatory diagrams, it offers a brisk survey of the familiar territory of introductory Earth science - rocks and minerals, plate tectonic...

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Park County yields treasure trove of chalcedony and petrified wood
Luke Sattler (USA) I recently took a field trip to the Hartsel and South Park area of Colorado with my brother, grandparents, Steven Veatch (the Pikes Peak Pebble Pups Leader) and his wife, Shelly. We went to look at two pieces of real property owned by Steven Veatchin South Park, …

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The weird and wonderful of the Ediacaran Period (Part 7): Kimberella – the Ediacaran grazer that changed the story o...
Jon Trevelyan (UK) This is the seventh of my series of short articles on fossils of the Ediacaran Period. Kimberella is one of the most influential fossils from the Ediacaran period, living around 555 million years ago and preserved primarily in the White Sea region of northwest Russia. Unlike the …

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