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Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth, Quantas Magazine Making minerals: Crushed, zapped, boiled and baked, BBC News An earlier, related article is: Humans help cook up mineral bounty, BBC News Yours, Paul H.

Earth Science Week Webinar Series http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/ Consumers - The Most Potent Army Against Conflict Minerals http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/conflictminerals.html The Need and Solutions for Robots in Responsible Raw Material Exploration and Mining http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/roboticsinmining.html Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/resourcesbeyondearth.html Advances in the Mineralogy of Mars http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/marsminerals.html New Insights into Wire Silver and Gold Formation http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/wiresilvergold.html Gemstones: Timecapsules Connecting Us Through History http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/gemstones.html Data-Driven Discovery in Mineralogy and the Evolution of Planetary Bodies http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/dataminerals.html May The Quartz Be With You http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/quartz.html The Global Supply of Critical Minerals: Assessing and Tracking Critical Mineral Commodities http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/criticalminerals.html Yours, Paul H.

Mustoe, G.E., 2015. Late Tertiary petrified wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of multiple silicification pathways. Geosciences, 5(4), pp.286-309. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/4/286 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282851612_Late_Tertiary_Petrified_Wood_from_Nevada_USA_Evidence_of_Multiple_Silicification_Pathways https://sciprofiles.com/profile/112497 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Mustoe Mustoe, G. and Acosta, M., 2016. Origin of petrified wood color. Geosciences, 6(2), no.25. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/6/2/25 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302497324_Origin_of_Petrified_Wood_Color Mustoe, G.E., 2017. Wood petrifaction: A new view of permineralization and replacement. Geosciences, 7(4), no.119. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/7/4/119/htm https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4ff7/8f7c6899c4459c4f33e4d51c040f6374685d.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321170639_Wood_Petrifaction_A_New_View_of_Permineralization_and_Replacement Mustoe, G.E., 2018. Mineralogy of non-silicified fossil wood. Geosciences, 8(3), no.85. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/3/85/htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323540027_Mineralogy_of_Non-Silicified_Fossil_Wood Mustoe, George E. "Non-mineralized fossil wood." Geosciences (8) no.223. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/6/223 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325827782_Non-mineralized_Fossil_Wood Luczaj, J.A., Leavitt, S.W., Csank, A.Z., Panyushkina, I.P. and Wright, W.E., 2018. Comment on “Non-Mineralized Fossil Wood” by George E. Mustoe (Geosciences, 2018). Geosciences, 8(12), no.462. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/12/462/htm Mustoe, G.E., Viney, M. and Mills, J., 2019. Mineralogy of Eocene fossil wood from the “Blue Forest” locality, southwestern Wyoming, United States. Geosciences, 9(1), no.35. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/1/35 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330292211_Mineralogy_of_Eocene_Fossil_Wood_from_the_Blue_Forest_Locality_Southwestern_Wyoming_United_States Mustoe, G.E., 2015. Geologic History of Eocene Stonerose Fossil Beds, Republic, Washington, USA. Geosciences, 5(3), pp.243-263. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/3/243 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279786883_Geologic_History_of_Eocene_Stonerose_Fossil_Beds_Republic_Washington_USA Yours, Paul H.

New Analysis Techniques Unearth a Trove of Unusual Minerals https://www.wired.com/story/geologists-discover-specks-new-minerals-earths-extremes/ Yours, Paul H.

Hi, I am wondering what the white globular mineral growths are on this dolomitized Dawsonoceras mold. Calcite? Thanks for any help.

Catalog of 208 human-caused minerals bolsters argument for ‘Anthropocene Epoch’ Carnegie Legacy Project, Wednesday, March 01, 2017 https://carnegiescience.edu/news/first-ever-catalog-208-human-caused-minerals-bolsters-argument-declare-anthropocene-epoch Rock solid evidence of Anthropocene seen in 208 minerals we made. New scientist, Daily News, March 2, 2017 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2122874-rock-solid-evidence-of-anthropocene-seen-in-208-minerals-we-made/ Found: Thousands of Man-Made Minerals—Another Argument for the Anthropocene. Future geologists will find thousands of human-made minerals in the ruins of our civilization. Scientific American, March 1, 2017 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/found-thousands-of-man-made-minerals-mdash-another-argument-for-the-anthropocene/ Minerals found in shipwreck and museum drawer 'show we are living in new epoch' Researchers say 208 of more than 5,200 officially recognised minerals are exclusively, or largely, linked to human activity merely in last 200 years to indicate Anthropocene age, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/01/rock-of-ages-impact-of-manmade-crystals-defining-new-geological-epoch-study The paper is: Hazen, R. M., E. S. Grew, M. J. Origlieri, and R. T. Downs, 2017, On the mineralogy of the “Anthropocene Epoch.” American Mineralogist. DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-5875 Published on March 2017, First Published on March 01, 2017 http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/content/102/3/595 Yours, Paul H.

enjoy,good bit of gemmological literature Schwarz tanzania rubiesgemmology2008.pdf