Posted on 01/09/2018 9:03:11 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Hypatia stone, as it is known, is not only extraterrestrial in origin. It contains micro-mineral compounds not known to occur anywhere on Earth, not found in any other meteorites, and not known to occur anywhere in the Solar System.
It's a discovery that raises some questions about the formation of the Solar System.
Subsequent analysis revealed that the diamond-filled stone was not from any known comet or meteorite - its combined features were unique among known extraterrestrial materials.
One hypothesis proposed that it might be a fragment of comet nucleus, shocked on impact, and another found that it was formed in a cold environment.
Now a team of researchers from the University of Johannesburg have analysed the carbonaceous matrix of the stone, and found a lack of silicate matter that sets it apart from other interplanetary material that has fallen to Earth, and the presence of minerals that seem to predate the Sun.
The researchers found aluminium in its pure metallic form - something that happens rarely, if ever, in the Solar System, as far as we know.
They also found silicon carbide (also known as moissanite) and silver iodine phosphide in highly unexpected forms. And a compound consisting mainly of phosphorus and nickel, with no iron - a mineral composition never seen before, not on Earth, and not in extraterrestrial materials.
Taken together, these features suggest that Hypatia is made of unchanged materials that predate the Sun - but that the stone itself was probably formed after the Sun, because you need a dense cloud like a solar nebula to form larger objects.
It challenges our models of planetary formation that assumes that material is evenly scattered throughout the protoplanetary disc - but more research is, as always, needed in order to learn more.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
I love this stuff
Bought some several years ago
Especially if it was lite beer
From a different stellar system?
dilly dilly
Kryptonite ping. ( LOL)
I brought it back with me.
“This Extraterrestrial Stone Contains Compounds Not Found Anywhere Else in Our Solar System”
How much of the solar system have they searched?
The compounds are not found on Earth, but the elements are. Wake me when you find a new element that does not exist here.
Are there any other known extraterrestrial meteorites? And what about the Oumuamua extraterrestrial comet / asteroid that is passing through the solar system, has any thing been revealed?
I brought it back with me.>>>>>>>>>
Ha HA!
THe place where it was found is not an impact crater, there is a central table to the alleged crater that has not been geologically altered. It was either a case of water drainage or the electro-plasma discharge we had often mentioned when speaking of the scarring geo-features of Mars.
The interplanetary discharge would have created the glass, but it is of unique silica composition.
But you brought it back, question answered, LOL!
Thanks!
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