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Meteorite Micrograph Amphibole Crystals

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False color close up of a shard of a meteorite Courtesy of NASA/USRA/Lunar and Planetary Institute SwRI scientists studied the composition of a small shard of a meteoroid to determine that it likely originated from a previously unknown parent asteroid. This false-color micrograph of the meteoroid sample shows the unexpected amphibole crystals identified in orange.
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