Sentences with phrase «inside magnetite»
Microscopic grains inside magnetite are capable of storing information about the planet's magnetic field, including the direction and intensity, from the time the minerals cooled and solidified.
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The researchers used the new nano - scale technique of Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction to discover rims of the iron oxide mineral magnetite just a few ten thousandths of a millimetre thick around sulphide minerals inside the diamonds.
Another NASA research group, led by Kathie Thomas - Keprta of NASA's Johnson Space Center, report in the same issue of PNAS that the magnetite crystals inside the meteorite are similar to those formed by «modern» magnetotactic bacteria now living on Earth.