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How microbes can help discover new kimberlite deposits

Staff Writer | October 25, 2023 | 6:06 am Education Suppliers & Equipment Canada Diamond 

New research has identified buried kimberlite by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. In a paper published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, the scientists behind the study explain that these “biological fingerprints” can reveal which...

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