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Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain 'almost impossible' chemistrySeemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how diamonds form.
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Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but scientists 'yet to locate the crater'Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.
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Vast source of rare Earth metal niobium was dragged to the surface when a supercontinent tore apartPotentially the largest known source of niobium discovered in central Australia formed 830 million years ago, and we can thank the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia.
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Narusawa Ice Cave: The lava tube brimming with 10-foot-high ice pillars at the base of Mount FujiThe Narusawa Ice Cave is a natural lava tunnel that formed during a violent eruption of Mount Fuji in A.D. 864. Every winter, the cave grows giant ice pillars due to its freezing temperatures.
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Giant sandy 'slug' crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in placeEarth from space A 2022 astronaut photo shows a peculiar, slug-shaped dune field in the heart of the Kazakh Steppe. Signs of vegetation among the sand suggest these dunes are in the process of being fixed in place.
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The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discoverA 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.
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Loughareema: The 'vanishing lake' in Northern Ireland that mysteriously drains and refills itself within hoursThe Vanishing Lake in Northern Ireland's County Antrim can be full in the morning and empty a few hours later, thanks to an underground drainage system that scientists still don't fully grasp.
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Lake Superior rocks reveal build up to giant collision that formed supercontinent RodiniaUsing paleomagnetic samples collected along the shores of Lake Superior, a new study illuminates the movement of a billion-year-old paleocontinent as it crept south toward a tectonic collision.
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Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of treesThree Whale Rock is a geological formation and tourist attraction in Thailand's Phu Sing Forest Park that looks remarkably like a small family of whales.
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