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Like many children, I was captivated by museum gift shops, especially the shelves of glittering geodes. Crack one open and you’re rewarded with a surprise display of crystals hidden inside. Those pocket-sized treasures, though, are nothing compared to the largest geode in the world – one so vast it could swallow the entire gift shop
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At first glance, epidote might look like a perfectly ordinary rock: greenish, slightly glassy, nice enough to put on your bookshelf. But this mineral is far more than just decoration. Epidote could help unlock the mystery of life’s earliest origins on Earth, and perhaps even beyond. The fossil record is our best archive for understanding
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On July 20, 2002, 33 years to the day after Apollo 11’s first moon landing, NASA intern Thad Roberts was about to make history of his own, not by stepping into space, but by stepping into a Florida restaurant with a fishing tackle box full of stolen moon rocks. Roberts, once a promising student in
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