After painting it nearly half a century ago, artist Caryl Yasko went back to the southwest of Chicago to restore her iconic mural Lemont Quarry Workers.
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Origins of glass shards in the Chilean desert explained
A theory has now been proposed for how shards of glass first discovered a decade ago in a South American desert were formed.
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Old quarry shares last hurrah before waters rise
A quarry in Virginia, United States, is weeks away from brimming with ground water to serve a nearby water treatment plant and the 17,000 people it serves.
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Canadian quarry reveals big-headed Burgess Shale fossil
Canadian palaeontologists have discovered one of the largest fossils for its era in a quarry site of Burgess Shale at Kootenay National Park.
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Youngest Moon rocks on record only 2 billion years old
Curtin University researchers have helped to refine our understanding of the solar system’s timeline, dating the youngest Moon rocks ever discovered.
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Australia a critical case study in billion-year-old geology
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have investigated a billion-year-old geological mystery which could aid in the mapping of current day critical minerals.
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Victorian fossil emblem up for vote
Museums Victoria has opened the ballot box for Victorians to vote on the state’s official fossil emblem, with a rich history lying beneath each of the candidates.
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Round House saved from cliff collapse
A quarry-side cliff in Fremantle, Western Australia has been stabilised to ensure the safety of the state’s oldest building, the heritage-listed Round House.
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Jerusalem quarry turns back the biblical clock
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2000-year-old stone quarry site in Jerusalem which could have been used to source the materials for the Jewish holy site, the Second Temple.
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Sand bubbles could unlock screening efficiency
Scientists from the University of Columbia have been the first to demonstrate that “bubbles” of lighter sand can form and rise through heavier sand when subjected to vibrations and gas flow.
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