The Stone Hunters

1. They are extremely organized 2. They know how to handle high-pressure and stressful situations well 3. They absorb information quickly 4. They make amazing teachers 5. They have no problem committing to someone, or to something 6. They are actually very creative 7. They have the ability to think logically, think ahead, and make a plan 8. They are not lazy 9. They have a lot of initiative, and re-engineer everyday problems to find better, more functional solutions 10. They have an impressive ability to admit mistakes and re-work their approach

New 3-D maps reveal some of the features of the Pacific's Tamu Massif, including this long cliff. Imaging courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute After 36 days of battling sharks that kept biting their equipment, scientists have returned from the remote Pacific Ocean with a new way of looking at the world’s largest—and possibly most mysterious—volcano, Tamu Massif. The team has begun making 3-D maps that offer the clearest look yet at the underwater mountain, which covers an area the size of New Mexico. In the coming months, the maps will be refined and the data analyzed, with the ultimate goal of figuring out how the mountain was formed. It's possible that the western edge of Tamu Massif is actually a separate mountain that formed at a different time, says William Sager, a geologist at the University of Houston who led the expedition. That would explain some differences between the western part of the mountain and the main body.  The team also found that the massi...

The huge rough stone, found by the resources giant Rio Tinto at its Argyle mine in the Kimberley region, has been named the Argyle Pink Jubilee and is worth at least £7 million. The Argyle Pink Jubilee will be polished and cut in Perth over the next ten days and then sold later this year after being shown around the world. It is a light pink diamond, similar in colour to the 24-carat diamond The Williamson Pink, which Queen Elizabeth II had set into a Cartier brooch for her coronation after receiving it as a wedding gift. The Williamson was discovered in Tanzania in 1947 and is ranked among the finest pink diamonds in existence.  Top 10 World’s Rarest & Most Valuable Gems A Rio Tinto spokesman said 90 per cent of the pink diamonds in the world come from the Argyle mine but the new gem was "unprecedented". "It has taken 26 years of Argyle production to unearth this stone and we may never see one like this again," said the spokesperson. In 2010, a rare 24.78-...

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