When1: 1996
When2: 2000
Who: Robert M. Hazen [Hazen, Robert M.]
What: chemist
Where: USA
works\ Comparative Crystal Chemistry [1982: with L. W. Finger]; High-Temperature and High-Pressure Crystal Chemistry [2000]
Detail: Minerals have crevices in which molecules can hide from ultraviolet light and become concentrated [1996]. Clay and mineral surfaces can be chemical-reaction substrates, catalysts, and templates. Minerals, such as calcite, can have chirality and select for L or R organic molecules. Biological-molecule metal ions can act as catalysts or energy sources. Magnetite can catalyze ammonia formation from nitrogen and hydrogen. Iron, nickel, and sulfur ions are in hydrothermal vents.
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