Salt Crystals
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830 million year old organisms found in ancient salt crystal
(ORDO NEWS) — Organisms 830 million years old have been found in an ancient salt crystal. Not only can these tiny lifeforms be brought to life, but the technology used to analyze them will help in the search for “ancient aliens“. Single-celled microorganisms lived almost 1 billion years ago in a shallow salt lake or sea. A team of scientists have discovered ancient life forms in pockets of liquid trapped…
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Salting 830 million years old strange formations in salt crystals
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists have discovered tiny bubbles in 830-million-year-old rock salt crystals that contain traces of organic matter – and possibly the oldest bacteria and algae. Can salt really preserve living things for hundreds of millions of years? Or are we wishful thinking? Salt crystals growing at the bottom of drying water bodies can capture microscopic drops of the surrounding water – geologists call them primary inclusions – and…