Inspired by the mineralogist Shulamit Gross’s studies of one of the world’s unique mineral factories, Michael Anenburg discusses the pyrometamorphic minerals formed by fire in the Dead Sea desert.
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Anenburg, M. Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks. Nat. Geosci. 16, 471 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01197-0
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