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Two minerals, a deep record

Newly identified minerals connect UBC researchers to the Earth’s interior.

Original reporting by Alex Walls

Two minerals, a deep record
IdeasA mineral can be a time capsule. The newly identified specimens in this UBC News report connect the visible work of a university community to pressures and materials far below the surface. It is a useful August scale shift: from the warm campus path to the deep record held inside a diamond.Photo: Alex Walls

Where the work begins

Newly identified minerals connect UBC researchers to the Earth’s interior.

What follows

Further reporting continues across the university network.

At a glance

  • Campus: UBC Vancouver & Okanagan (Point Grey & Kelowna)
  • Focus: Research & public discovery (Ideas)
  • Outcome: Verified reporting (September 2026 issue)
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  1. Original reporting · news.ubc.ca

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