{
  "id": 9048368,
  "title": "Researcher studies mystical gemstones with a future in space exploration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/researcher-studies-mystical-gemstones-with-a-future-in-space",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T00:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mystical-gemstones-future-space-exploration.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ph.D. candidate Natalia Seliutina has followed gemstones from the -30° temperatures of Siberia to the carving studios of Ōtepoti and the particle accelerators of Taiwan in her quest to discover why pounamu is one of the toughest natural materials on Earth. Fresh from the publication of Natalia's paper in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Kathryn van Beek catches up with her to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}