Carbon Mineral Challenge

One of Two New Carbon Minerals is First of Its Kind
Three years and 15 new minerals later, the Carbon Mineral Challenge continues to produce surprises. Launched in 2015, the Carbon Mineral Challenge is a quest to find 145 carbon minerals predicted to exist but yet to be discovered.

The Carbon Mineral Challenge was set in motion by DCO at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, with the goal…

The Carbon Mineral Challenge will officially end in September 2019, but this first-of-its-kind…

The Carbon Mineral Challenge has now documented 28 new carbon minerals since the program’s launch…

Three years and 15 new minerals later, the Carbon Mineral Challenge continues to produce surprises…

The mineral is a “natural anhydrous ammonium hydrogen urate,” explained Fabrizio Nestola, professor…

//--> /*-->*/ Predicted before they were found: New-to-science carbon-…

Officially recognized minerals, formed by nature: more than 5,000Formed due to human activity: 208…

In December 2015, the Deep Carbon Observatory launched the Carbon Mineral Challenge to encourage…

Tucson Gem and Mineral Show main event, 11-14 February 2016 To maintain the momentum of the…

New research predicts at least 145 of Earth’s carbon-bearing minerals remain undiscovered. How many…