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Shungite has applications in construction technologies. [13] The presence of fullerenes has resulted in shungite being of interest to researchers as a natural reservoir, though shungite is not uniquely enriched in fullerenes compared to other carbon-rich rocks. [14] Shungite has been used as a folk medical treatment since the early 18th century.
The Zazhoginskoe field is one of the largest fields of shungite rocks in the world. [1] It is located on the outskirts of the village Tolvuya in Medvezhyegorsky District of Karelia, 1.7 km from the shore of Lake Onega, 5 km from a navigable bay. Shungite rocks were deposited around the northern part of Lake Onega and under the lake.
Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed.
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Shunga (Russian: Шуньга; Karelian: Šun’ga; Finnish: Sunku) is a large village in the Zaonezhie peninsula by Lake Putkozero in Russia's Republic of Karelia.It is part of Medvezhyegorsky District and is located around 50 km from the district capital, Medvezhyegorsk.
Researchers in Russia on Monday unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old female baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region of Siberia.
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