Minerals with legends of wishes, love and death

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Minerals with legends of wishes, love and death

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Minerals with legends of wishes, love and death

By 13/01/2020 portal-3

The University of Seville collects stories associated with stones turned into symbols to bring geology closer to the general public

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The University of Seville collects stories associated with stones turned into symbols to bring geology closer to the general public

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“We believe we know our planet. Detailed maps, aerial photos and satellite images give us the impression, however false, that there is no place on Earth unexplored. But who knows what is under our feet? In this way, the researcher from the German Geoscience Center Brian Horsfield draws attention, in the last international scientific drilling plan, about the deficient knowledge of geological diversity. The Department of Crystallography of the University of Seville has wanted to bring that world closer with an initiative that humanizes rocks by detailing legends that associate some minerals with stories of desires, love and death and that have served to elevate them to symbolic and mythological objects.

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