Igneous rock (IMAGE)

Boston University

Igneous rock

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The rocks are preserved in their natural state in order to gather accurate DNA information about any microbial life that could be present. This will give the researchers clues about when the microbes inhabited the rock after it hardened, and where they might have come from.

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Photo by Cydney Scott.

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