Biosignature in 3.7 - 4.2 Billion Year Old Rock with Banded Iron Formations from Canada (IMAGE)

University College London

Biosignature in 3.7 - 4.2 Billion Year Old Rock with Banded Iron Formations from Canada

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Example of sub-microscopic graphite (red) with carbonate (green) and magnetite (yellow) inside a crystal of apatite (turquoise) in a 3.7 to 4.2 Byr old BIF from Canada.

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Matthew S. Dodd Ph.D.

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