‘Is it worth anything?’ ‘I dunno, is the answer to that question worth another $5?’

https://xkcd.com/3068/

  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Edit: I was wrong, see below! Shouldn’t have assumed simulating active galactic nuclei would make me knowledgeable about asteroids.

    Astrophysicist, not a geologist here. Maybe if you sent a pic I might recognize it. But it’s kind of unlikely, since afaik crystals from under great pressures, which meteorites don’t tend to undergo like that.

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      Not only under pressure but under very slow cooling as what happens in the centers of asteroids

      The rhomboid crystal structure of meteor iron was set long before that particular rock entered our atmosphere and is visible in many, MANY museum pieces.