Halite conserves organic material in a different way than shale, thanks to which the organisms found look completely different than those that have been discovered so far. This, in turn, opens up new, hitherto unknown cognitive possibilities for scientists. When crystals form in salt water, so-called liquid inclusions, which are small amounts of water trapped inside. These are the remnants of mother waters from which the halite crystallized out. Thanks to this, it is possible to extract from salt even such information as the temperature of water from millions of years ago, its chemistry, and even the atmospheric temperature that prevailed at the time of the formation of the mineral. Moreover, such salty environments have proved to be a hotbed for bacteria, fungi and algae. It was their traces that a team of scientists discovered, suggesting that some of them may still be alive.
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