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Vent Chimney REE Biomineralization

Interactive 3D model of chemosynthetic microbes colonizing a hydrothermal vent chimney and biomineralizing rare-earth-element phosphate crystals from vent fluid — tune REE concentration, pH and metabolic energy flux and watch the biofilm and crystal crop grow in real time.

Molecular Biology3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

A hydrothermal vent chimney rendered as a real 3D scene: chemosynthetic microbes colonize its surface, drawing energy from reduced chemicals in the rising fluid plume, and nucleate rare-earth-element phosphate crystals as they grow. The colonization spread follows logistic growth driven by metabolic energy flux, and each colonized site accumulates REE mass through Langmuir-type saturation kinetics gated by a pH-dependent efficiency curve. Tune the vent fluid's REE concentration, pH and energy flux and watch the biofilm creep across the chimney and crystals nucleate and grow, with live readouts of surface coverage, crystal count, accumulated REE mass and instantaneous uptake rate.

⚙ Under the hood

Chemosynthetic microbes colonize a hydrothermal vent chimney in this 3D model and biomineralize rare-earth-element phosphate crystals from the vent fluid — tune REE concentration, pH and metabolic energy flux and watch the biofilm spread and crystals nucleate in real time.

biomineralizationhydrothermal ventmicrobiologyrare earth elementsdeep seabiomining

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install