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Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:04:11 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

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Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:05:08 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano

Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano

Carbonatite lava that erupted a week before this photo was taken flows from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano.

Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.

There, in the ancient East African Rift at a place known to local Maasai people as the Mountain of God, Oldoinyo Lengai spews forth carbon dioxide-laden lavas called carbonatites. The carbonatites line the volcano's flanks like snowballs.

Oldoinyo Lengai is the only place on Earth where carbonatites currently erupt--and where carbon dioxide from a volcano doesn't vanish ...

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