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Date Mar 18, 2025
Duration 00:00:59
File Size 30.28 MB
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Gobi Desert Blue Rocks in Hami - 03/17/2025

About 1 square kilometer of blue rock is seen in the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang province, China on March 16, 2025. There are two possible genesis of the rock: one is the secondary oxidized minerals of copper ore (such as azurite, silica malachite), and the other is the high-pressure metamorphic minerals (such as cyanite, cyanophane).

Gobi Desert Blue Rocks in Hami - 03/17/2025

About 1 square kilometer of blue rock is seen in the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang province, China on March 16, 2025. There are two possible genesis of the rock: one is the secondary oxidized minerals of copper ore (such as azurite, silica malachite), and the other is the high-pressure metamorphic minerals (such as cyanite, cyanophane).

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