Microscopic inspection of mineral textures and electron microprobe measurements of 20 tiny fragments show that they must be from a meteorite, says the group, which includes meteoriticist Michail Petaev of Harvard University. |
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To examine a meteorite, a meteoriticist must look at the rock's internal matrix by cutting away a piece. |
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Meteoriticist Edward Anders, retired from the University of Chicago in Illinois, recalls an earlier episode of intriguingly lifelike objects in a meteorite. |
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