This news article includes a citation to the Pearson et al paper published in Nature from which the informaton was obtained. The article includes a picture of the diamond where the ringwoodite was discovdered, and it includes an illustration showing where in the Earth's mantle ringwoodite is expected to exist.
There is also a Wikipedia article which describes ringwoodite and includes a color picture of the mineral whose composition is 1.5% water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwoodite
1 posted on
06/16/2014 3:14:38 PM PDT by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
2 posted on
06/16/2014 3:16:29 PM PDT by
morphing libertarian
( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Taliban, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
To: WhiskeyX
It’s not liquid and “flowing” water, so don’t get the wrong idea, people.
3 posted on
06/16/2014 3:16:44 PM PDT by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: WhiskeyX
Same as it ever was...
11 posted on
06/16/2014 5:40:46 PM PDT by
Rodamala
To: WhiskeyX
14 posted on
06/16/2014 6:29:52 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: WhiskeyX
“The discovery confirms about 50 years of theoretical and experimental work by geophysicists, seismologists and other scientists trying to understand the makeup of the Earth’s interior.”
Well, there it is, more grant money! I bet they were running on empty prior to this “incredible discovery”!
BTW, what does “confirms the theory...” really mean?
16 posted on
06/16/2014 8:32:49 PM PDT by
SgtHooper
(This is not my tag!)
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