
The SciencesOctober 1, 1962
Ancient Fluids in Crystals
When a mineral crystallizes out of a brine, some of the brine is trapped in small "fluid inclusions." Thus the inclusions provide samples of a solution that may be more than a billion years old

Ancient Fluids in Crystals
When a mineral crystallizes out of a brine, some of the brine is trapped in small "fluid inclusions." Thus the inclusions provide samples of a solution that may be more than a billion years old