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Unique discovery in the Polish meteorite Morasko

| Prof. Evgeny Galuskin, Prof. Irina Galuskina | In early 2026, the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature, and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (CNMNC-IMA) accepted a new mineral from the iron meteorite Morasko with the formula K(Ti7Cr)O16 (DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2026.10199). The mineral was named “copernikite” in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), a renowned Polish astronomer and...

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Discovering the treasures of nature – challenges of mineralogists | Research of scientists of the University of Silesia

| Weronika Cygan | Towards the end of 2023, our scientists shared the information on discovering karwowskiite, Ca9MgFe2+0.5(PO4)7, which was named after their late colleague and long-term employee of the University of Silesia, Prof. Łukasz Karwowski. However, the researchers have emphasized that this mineral is only one of many among their discoveries, and actually not...

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Karwowskiite – a new mineral discovered by USil researchers

BSE image of karwowskiite crystals | Photo by Irina and Evgeny Galuskin (click to enlarge image) | Prof. Evgeny Galuskin | | Prof. Irina Galuskina | | Krzysztof Szopa, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof. | At the end of October 2023, the Commission of New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (CNMNC-IMA) approved...

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No Limits | Prehistoric mothers, wives and lovers

What is the article about?What is the article about? The pop culture image of a prehistoric human does not match what science tells us. Our ancestors and Neanderthal cousins were by no means brutes lacking in intellect — they knew how to make jewellery and cared for their loved ones. Contact Andrzej Boczarowski, PhD from...

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