Did this Pebble Arrive from Outer Space? (IMAGE)

University of Johannesburg

Did this Pebble Arrive from Outer Space?

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Researchers Jan Kramers and Georgy Belyanin found mineral compounds unlike anything on Earth, or in known meteorites or comets, in these fragments from the Hypatia stone, which was picked up in south-west Egypt in the Libyan Desert Glass Field.

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Dr Mario di Martino, INAF Osservatorio Astrofysico di Torino

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