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Epidote might just look like a pretty little crystal, but it has a secret. thanks to the high-pressure circumstances where it forms, we can use it to help us uncover the origins of life on our planet, and maybe even find signs of life on Mars.
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/science/epidote
https://www.mindat.org/min-1389.html
https://www.mindat.org/glossary/epidotization
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2017/05/oldest-evidence-of-life-on-land-found-in-3-48-billion-year-old-a
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248554154_Early_traces_of_life_investigations_in_drilling_Archean_hydrothermal_and_sedimentary_rocks_of_the_Pilbara_Craton_Western_Australia_and_Barberton_Greenstone_Belt_South_Africa
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265384118_The_Pilbara_Drilling_Project_c272_Ga_Tumbiana_Formation_and_c_349_Ga_Dresser_Formation_Pilbara_Carton_Western_Australia
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238448421_Epidote_in_Geothermal_Systems
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https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/epidote-crystals-cluster-360-rotation-in-4k-isolated-on-stock-footage/1789298388?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epidote_in_gneiss_(Precambrian;_Rt._93_roadcut_next_to_the_New_River,_Mouth_of_Wilson,_Virginia,_USA)_5_(30704037470).jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/illustration-of-plate-movement-royalty-free-illustration/96168517?phrase=plate+tectonics&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/several-ancient-limestone-fossils-royalty-free-image/123461870?phrase=fossil+rocks&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pseudomonas-aeruginosa-bacteria-stock-footage/1487338845?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archean.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antiperthitic_feldspar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Distribution_of_Mid-Oceanic_Ridges.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmoker_in_Atlantic_Ocean.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fauna_on_hydrothermal_vents.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Eissenger_gabbro_epidote_veins_(o%27exp%27d).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mining_operations_paraburdoo_mine.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stromatolites_in_Sharkbay.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarsCuriosityRover-Drilling-Sol170%2B%2B-2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg
Epidote might just look like a pretty little crystal, but it has a secret. thanks to the high-pressure circumstances where it forms, we can use it to help us uncover the origins of life on our planet, and maybe even find signs of life on Mars.
Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/science/epidote
https://www.mindat.org/min-1389.html
https://www.mindat.org/glossary/epidotization
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2017/05/oldest-evidence-of-life-on-land-found-in-3-48-billion-year-old-a
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248554154_Early_traces_of_life_investigations_in_drilling_Archean_hydrothermal_and_sedimentary_rocks_of_the_Pilbara_Craton_Western_Australia_and_Barberton_Greenstone_Belt_South_Africa
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265384118_The_Pilbara_Drilling_Project_c272_Ga_Tumbiana_Formation_and_c_349_Ga_Dresser_Formation_Pilbara_Carton_Western_Australia
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012JE004145
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238448421_Epidote_in_Geothermal_Systems
Image Sources
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/epidote-crystals-cluster-360-rotation-in-4k-isolated-on-stock-footage/1789298388?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epidote_in_gneiss_(Precambrian;_Rt._93_roadcut_next_to_the_New_River,_Mouth_of_Wilson,_Virginia,_USA)_5_(30704037470).jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/illustration-of-plate-movement-royalty-free-illustration/96168517?phrase=plate+tectonics&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/several-ancient-limestone-fossils-royalty-free-image/123461870?phrase=fossil+rocks&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pseudomonas-aeruginosa-bacteria-stock-footage/1487338845?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archean.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antiperthitic_feldspar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Distribution_of_Mid-Oceanic_Ridges.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmoker_in_Atlantic_Ocean.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fauna_on_hydrothermal_vents.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Eissenger_gabbro_epidote_veins_(o%27exp%27d).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mining_operations_paraburdoo_mine.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stromatolites_in_Sharkbay.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarsCuriosityRover-Drilling-Sol170%2B%2B-2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg
