Smaller is Stronger for Olivine (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

Smaller is Stronger for Olivine

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Jessica Warren, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences (right), and her graduate student Katie Kumamoto, have been working to develop more accurate means of determining the strength of olivine, a magnesium iron silicate which is one of Earth's most common minerals by volume.

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