Oct 8, 2015
Oceans We Can't See (Ringwoodite)
Oceans We Can’t See (Ringwoodite)
Ringwoodite is notable for being able to contain hydroxide ions (oxygen and hydrogen atoms bound together) within its structure.[4] Combined with evidence of its occurrence deep in the Earth’s mantle, this suggests that there is from one to three times the world ocean’s equivalent of water in the mantle transition zone from 410 to 660 km deep.[5][6]
This mineral was first identified in the Tenham…
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