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Carbonate Defined

Common rock-forming mineral containing the carbonate ion, CO32-. Common carbonate minerals are calcite, CaCO3; siderite, FeCaCO3; magnesite, MgCO3; dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2; and ankerite, Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2.

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NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles

Published July 2, 2009, 9:30 pm, SpaceRef

Favorable chemistry and episodes with thin films of liquid water during ongoing, long-term climate cycles may sometimes make the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed last year a favorable environment for microbes.

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Go green as you clean

Published July 2, 2009, 8:38 pm, Lexington Clipper-Herald

(ARA) - Is your cleaning really as clean as you think it is? Warm summer weather brings with it open doors and windows, grass, sand and an endless array of dirt and germs.

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July 2009 Geology and GSA Today Media Highlights

Published June 30, 2009, 1:08 pm, EurekAlert!

( Geological Society of America ) GEOLOGY articles extract information on forces shaping Earth's surface, solve the puzzle of LIPs on land, trace the leading edges of dispersing continents, expose magmatic plumbing, argue over gold deposits, show how fungi break down rocks, unveil tightly kept secrets about the Amazon River, investigate deep geological structures associated with the 2004 ...

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