Randy Korotev, Washington University in St. Louis (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Randy Korotev, Washington University in St. Louis

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Randy Korotev, Ph.D., research professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, with a new Missouri meteorite the owners allowed him “to fondle briefly,” on their way through town last January. Korotev’s lab analyzed the olivine crystals in the meteorite to help identify the meteorite's parent body and, together with analysis of the metal matrix done at UCLA, led to its validation as a unique stone by the Meteoritical Society.

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