This mineral crystal, commonly known as sea feather rainbow, was discovered by Belgian oceanographer and deep-sea explorer Albert Stead in the 80s of the last century. Albert Stead discovered this mineral crystal in the Antarctic ice sheet sea area during a deep-sea expedition, so named because of its unique radial shape, which resembles animal wings.
At the time, Albert Stead was conducting a study aimed at exploring the biodiversity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Sea Area. During the expedition, he suddenly discovered this sparkling mineral crystal on the rock wall of the seabed.
Jason Locke, a physics professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was interested in sea feathers, and according to further his research, the chemical composition of sea feathers is mainly composed of the metals silver, copper, and palladium. Specifically, when silver, copper, and palladium are subjected to high pressure in deep seawater, they undergo chemical reactions and gradually form a special mineral crystal. In this process, atoms of silver, copper and palladium combine and gradually form a new compound, a process that usually takes hundreds of years to complete.
The crystal structure of sea feather rainbow presents a special layered structure. In this structure, different levels of atoms will be combined in a certain arrangement, each layer is composed of three metal elements of silver, copper, palladium, and are combined according to a certain arrangement. For example, in a certain layer, silver atoms are arranged in a certain order and then combined with copper atoms to form a silver-copper composite atom. These silver-copper composite atoms are then arranged in a certain order and combined with palladium atoms to form a silver-copper, which creates a unique feather-like structure that absorbs different wavelengths of light and reflects different colors of light to form a rainbow-like appearance. Therefore, Jason Locke named the scientific name of this mineral crystal "Hylarotrema argenti-cuprum-paladi", which means feathery silver, copper, palladium mineral crystal.
Caroline Morris, a researcher at the Royal Oceanographic Society, believes that the marine environment also influences sea feathers, and the feathery form of these mineral crystals is due to the influence of currents when they grow in deep seawater. In deep seawater, there is a current called the "Wagner Current". This current flows in deep seawater and creates a certain rotational force. When sea feather rainbow stone grows in this current, it is affected by this current, gradually forming a feathery form. In addition, sea feathers can also be affected by the temperature of deep seawaters. Since the temperature of the deep sea water is very low, it will have a certain impact on the growth rate of the sea feathered rainbow, gradually forming a feathery form. #ドモヤン #
