Pegmatite crystals grow at fast pace, study says
Pegmatite crystals can grow within days or hours -- much more quickly than previously thought, say Rice University scientists who studied crystals from a pegmatite mine in Southern California and created a formula for converting chemical evaluations into growth estimates. "While we didn't expect it to be that fast, we couldn't come up with a reason why it wasn't plausible," says Patrick Phelps, an author of the study published in Nature Communications.
Full Story: United Press International (10/7)There goes another idea about the earth being millions of years old!
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