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1. Atmospheric Minerals

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   Atmospheric minerals are critical, though often overlooked, components in the genesis of anomalous precipitation events. They act as unusual ice nuclei.
   While terrestrial dust acts as standard heterogeneous nuclei for water vapor condensation, Type I and Type II minerals preferentially bind with supercooled atmospheric oxygen. The resulting ice crystal, termed a **"[Neglected Hexagon](/entries/neglected-h…