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On the evolution of minerals

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The variety of mineral species has increased since the birth of the Solar System and the development of terrestrial planets. A refreshing view likens the steady rise in mineral diversity to biological evolution.

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  1. Minik T. Rosing is at the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark. minik@snm.ku.dk ,

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Rosing, M. On the evolution of minerals. Nature 456, 456–458 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456456a

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