Scientists analyzed halite samples from 830 million years ago using optical techniques. Inside the samples, they found microorganisms such as bacteria, algae and fungi that may still be alive. NASA ...

Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-million-year-old Browne Formation of central Australia contain organic solids and liquids, as documented with transmitted light and UV-vis ...

As rock salt — or “halite”, as mineralogists call it — crystallises out of saline waters, it can entrap tiny amounts of the parent waters as a so-called fluid inclusion. And if the originating waters ...

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American scientists plan to crack open a salt crystal with liquid inside that may contain still-living microorganisms from 830 million years ago, in research that could provide insight into life on ...