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 ...
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Hypatia (stone)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_(stone)
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So bizarre compounds but no changes to the Periodic table?
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I think the elements are identifiable. I guess that such identifiable elements were formed into the never-before-seen compounds is what makes it so startling.
For example: “…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…”
I guess no one knows of a technique for creating that compound? Or no one knows how such a mineral compound could be formed naturally under geologic forces? (If I’m even saying that right) Because such examples have not been found on anything nor anywhere else on earth; nor in recovered samples from the moon; nor in other recovered meteorites…?
Finding an aluminum beer can in a meteorite would truly be intriguing.
I think there are processes for man to make most any compound so long as they can nauturally stick together, but is hugely expensive for small qauntities. I guess these appear to be naturally made, but are not known to naturally exist anywhere else. Maybe the planet/entity they came from didn’t have the same full table of elements to choose from, or at least not in the same normal quantities typically found close to here, so the bindings were different. Another guess would be from far far away where maybe that is normal.
“not known to occur anywhere in the Solar System”.... We don’t know YET!
“So bizarre compounds but no changes to the Periodic table?”
No. That would be impossible, really.
The compounds are not unknown elements, but in forms not seen. They mentioned aluminum for example in a form not found on earth.
I am not saying it is aliens,
but it is aliens.
Really cool story. Thanks.
It’s from the remnants of Alderan.
The link got broken; looks like the parentheses are recognized as reserve characters. Substituting the “percent codes” in the URL usually fixes that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_%28stone%29
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp
Have they really looked in every corner of our solar system to be sure?
I have unidentifiable objects in my socks!
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