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Intricate tunnels in garnets from soils and rivere sediments in Thailand - possible endolithic microborings
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology. University of Southern Denmark, Department of Biology and Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Campusvej 55, Odense M, DK-5230, Denmark.
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology.
Gems and Jewelry Program, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand .
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0206-5791
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2018 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 13, no 8, article id e0200351Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Garnets from disparate geographical environments and origins such as oxidized soils and river sediments in Thailand host intricate systems of microsized tunnels that significantly decrease the quality and value of the garnets as gems. The origin of such tunneling has previously been attributed to abiotic processes. Here we present physical and chemical remains of endolithic microorganisms within the tunnels and discuss a probable biological origin of the tunnels. Extensive investigations with synchrotron-radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM) reveal morphological indications of biogenicity that further support a euendolithic interpretation. We suggest that the production of the tunnels was initiated by a combination of abiotic and biological processes, and that at later stages biological processes came to dominate. In environments such as river sediments and oxidized soils garnets are among the few remaining sources of bio-available Fe2+, thus it is likely that microbially mediated boring of the garnets has trophic reasons. Whatever the reason for garnet boring, the tunnel system represents a new endolithic habitat in a hard silicate mineral otherwise known to be resistant to abrasion and chemical attack.

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Niagara University, USA, 2018. Vol. 13, no 8, article id e0200351
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The changing Earth
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-2874DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200351OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-2874DiVA, id: diva2:1256186
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Swedish Research Council, 2017-04129Available from: 2018-10-16 Created: 2018-10-16 Last updated: 2021-06-14Bibliographically approved

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