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Mila Zinkova is a dynamic photographer and globetrotting adventurer, having visited every continent at least twice. Among her remarkable experiences, she landed on iceberg B15 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, via helicopter, and dove into thrilling encounters with nature—cage diving with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, and snorkeling alongside whale sharks off Ningaloo Reef, Australia. She frequently captured footage of Kilauea’s eruptions in Hawaii, among other natural spectacles. In her spare time, Mila pens articles that have been published in scientific journals around the world, such as those found at https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Mila-Zinkova/102342291

A Rare Spinifex-like Texture in Erg Chech 002

By Mila Zinkova | March 1, 2025 | Guest Articles

Erg Chech 002 (EC 002) is an ungrouped achondrite meteorite discovered in the Erg Chech region of the Sahara Desert in Algeria in May 2020. Classified as an andesite, this meteorite is believed to originate from a chondritic protoplanet that is over 4.566 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known pieces of volcanic rock in the solar […]

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