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Lew Ashwal of U. Witwatersrand died this week. Over decades, his scholarship helped shape modern thinking on magmatic processes and global crustal evolution (from Grant Bybee).

I remember Lew very patiently helping a young geochemist (myself) understand why mountains made of anorthosite were […]

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The permit was granted to #Greenland Anorthosite #Mining, which is developing a site in western Greenland. The company is backed by French investment firm the Jean Boulle Group & state investment funds in both Greenland & #Denmark.
#Anorthosite—a white rock composed mainly of aluminium, micro […]

Greenland gives Danish-French group permit to mine rock with green potential, in wake of Trump interest Greenland on Wednesday handed a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production.

#Anorthosite

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