Iron Formation (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Iron Formation

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This image shows a close-up view of a field sample of 2.7 billion-year-old iron formation from Zimbabwe used in the study. The red color is caused by the iron oxide mineral hematite.

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Lyons lab, UC Riverside

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