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Petrology and Geochemistry

Going beyond rocks to the crust and its components.
Crysts, Blasts and Clasts
There's a welter of terminology for large particles in various types of rocks.
Rhenium-Osmium Studies
These two exceedingly rare metals can now be studied for their unique clues to deep Earth history.

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