Researcher studies mystical gemstones with a future in space exploration

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Sep 21, 2026, 8:40 pm265 ptsTop
Ph.D. candidate Natalia Seliutina has followed gemstones from the -30° temperatures of Siberia to the carving studios of Ōtepoti and the particle accelerators of Taiwan in her quest to discover why pounamu is one of the toughest natural materials on Earth. Fresh from the publication of Natalia's paper in the…

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