These spherical, 60- and 70-atom carbon molecules are named after Buckminster Fuller, who popularized the geodesic dome they resemble. They've never been seen outside the lab -- until now. Geologists tracked down buckyballs in the wilds of Russia in an unusual, ancient, carbon-rich rock near the town of Shunga, close to the Finnish border.
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