Sentences with phrase «as magnetite»

The Earth's magnetic field leaves its signature on volcanic rocks and certain sedimentary rocks rich in such iron - bearing minerals as magnetite.

One group argues that tiny crystals of a magnetic mineral known as magnetite, which is found in the brains of some birds and in bacteria, are key.

Tarduno and his team wanted hard data on both the intensity and direction of the magnetic field, which are recorded and stored in minerals, such as magnetite, at the time they were formed.

Not exact matches

As miners deal with the reality of a prolonged slump in the iron ore price, Fortescue Metals Group is quietly going about the business of building the state's third magnetite mine and processing plant.

China - based Citic Group has flagged a $ US1.4 billion to $ US1.8 billion impairment at its Sino Iron magnetite project in the Pilbara as a result of the falling value of iron ore.

Bees home in on brilliant ultraviolet patterns that we see as plain white daisies; pigeons can literally align themselves to magnetic north because of magnetite in their brains.

«A key question is whether this magnetite is a component of the original basalt or resulted from later processes, such as would happen in water - soaked basaltic sediments.

But in 2003 two papers noted that there are other ways to make magnetite crystals, such as slamming a rock from space onto the Martian surface.

They also spew a continuous stream of superheated water past iron - rich — and possibly catalytic — vent minerals, such as pyrrhotite and magnetite.

When one mobilized platinum atom finds another, they can form a bond — as long as both of them are being lifted up by carbon monoxide, diminishing the influence of the magnetite below.

We can watch single atoms as they wander across the magnetite surface or bond with each other.

They identified rings of magnetite (iron oxide) arranged around the sooty spheres in the same pattern as in frocks from a volcano on the island of Svalbard, Norway.

These might be based on crystals of magnetite, which align with the Earth's magnetic field and could pull on some kind of stretch receptor or hair - like cell as it changes polarity.

The magnetite particles are thought to act like microscopic compass needles, relaying information to the nervous system by straining or twisting receptors in cells as they attempt to align with the Earth's magnetic field.

The conclusion was that Martian microbes once used magnetite for the same purpose as terrestrial ones do.

The majority of this magnetite forms in geologic processes, where many elements mix together and iron often gets replaced with iron - like elements such as magnesium and chromium.

In the end, she helped the team characterize the biomorphic features, as well as unusual grains of the mineral magnetite found in the meteorite.

The technique uses high - brilliance circularly polarized X-rays to probe the magnetic state of magnetite as a diamond anvil cell subjects a sample to many hundreds of thousands of atmospheres.

The magnetite - mediated mechanism seems to act as part of a magnetic map - or signpost sense, which could provide the animal with information about its geographic position, whereas the vision - mediated magnetic sense seems to be a pure compass sense that is based on radical - pair processes in the birds» eye (s)[for reviews], [see e.g. 8, 9].

The Mercedes - AMG G 63 comes into the world as an exclusive «Edition 1» model, available in magnetite black, obsidian black, iridium silver, mojave silver, selenite grey, designo graphite metallic, designo platinum black.

As far as paint and wheel options go, we'd go for Magnetite Black Metallic (shown above) and the $ 500 black AMG wheels to complete the sleek looAs far as paint and wheel options go, we'd go for Magnetite Black Metallic (shown above) and the $ 500 black AMG wheels to complete the sleek looas paint and wheel options go, we'd go for Magnetite Black Metallic (shown above) and the $ 500 black AMG wheels to complete the sleek look.

Every step you take drains your Magnetite count, meaning that you also need to keep an eye on that, too — run out, and your demons» health will slowly drain as you explore.