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Nature used 57 recipes to create Earth's 10,500-plus 'mineral kinds'

• docmechanic 4y ago
  "If life is 'a cosmic imperative that emerges on any mineral- and water-rich world,' the authors say, "then these findings support the hypothesis that life on Earth ?emerged rapidly, in concert with a vibrant, diverse Mineral Kingdom, in the earliest stages of planetary evolution."