Visitors to Pikes Peak in Colorado may not notice that anything is amiss, but ask a geologist and she'll tell you that something is missing. At rocky sites across America, including Pikes Peak and the ...

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In a recent article published in Geological Magazine, researchers focused on the Aileron Province in central Australia, an area known for its carbonatite mineralization that hosts significant deposits ...