Snowball Earth's iron deposits may have formed through microbes living without sunlight

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Iron is one of the most abundant metals on Earth's surface, yet how such massive iron ore deposits formed throughout geological history has long remained a mystery.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:07 UTC.

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