What Can Crystals Tell Us About The Origins Of Life? | A Geoscientist Explains
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss microfossils, crystals, and more with geoscientist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz. Juan is a Research Professor of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) at the University of Granada, where he explores the interconnectivity of crystals and the origins of life.
As an internationally recognized expert in mineral genesis, Juan does extensive fieldwork visiting crystal sites hundreds of thousands of years old – and you would be surprised at what he has discovered…
Join us now to find out:
- What a biosignature is, and what it tells us about different materials.
- What Juan has found in his work with giant crystals.
- How researchers measure the age of crystals.
- The speed at which crystals grow.
To learn more about Juan Manuel García-Ruiz and his work, click here now!
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| 0:00.0 | And formally, geoscientist, IT Air Science Studies |
| 0:03.7 | in the University of Madrid. |
| 0:05.0 | But I was always interested in crystallography |
| 0:08.2 | and in particular, in the interface between crystalline life. |
| 0:11.4 | So basically, I consider myself as a crystallographer |
| 0:15.8 | that explore the frontier between crystalline life |
| 0:19.4 | and in the last 10 years also the frontier |
| 0:22.8 | between crystalline art. |
| 0:24.5 | Where is crystalline life? |
| 0:26.5 | What does that mean? |
| 0:27.4 | You know, as there is a chart difference |
| 0:29.8 | in terms of morphology between the behavior |
| 0:33.3 | of morphological behavioral living systems, living organisms, |
| 0:37.8 | and crystals. |
| 0:39.0 | Basically, crystals are solid that have their polyhedral |
| 0:43.8 | with the straight lines with flat faces that never have a second |
| 0:48.4 | with they made some micro-crystalline structure |
| 0:51.3 | never have tools. |
| 0:53.1 | They have sensuality in the shapes in some way. |
| 0:56.1 | Why life is completely different. |
| 0:58.6 | Forget frequently asked questions. |
| 1:00.4 | Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. |
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