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Lead author of the study Melanie Maddin (right) and principal investigator of the group Prof. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco (left) showing an image of a complex texture formed during the synthesis of ...

Quartz, diamond, calcite, and pyrite are a few of the most famous mineral “species,” according to traditional systems of classification. Yet, two papers published in American Mineralogist have ...