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How Life and Luck Changed Earth’s Minerals

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The Mystery of the Quasi-Crystal

Quasi-crystals are a special state of matter that had been created in laboratories, but never seen in nature. The rare quasi-crystal found in the rock contained metallic aluminum and copper. Such states of matter were widely deemed impossible before their discovery 30 years ago. Study co-author: "It's telling us there appeared to be processes that took place in the early solar system"

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