830-Million-Year-Old Microorganisms Found in Australian Halite

Scientists from West Virginia University have discovered historical cells of prokaryotes and eukaryotes inside fluid inclusions in halite crystals from the Neoproterozoic Browne Formation in central Australia. “As halite crystals grow in saline surface waters, it traps parent water in primary fluid inclusions,” mentioned Sara Schreder-Gomes and her colleagues from the Department of Geology and […]