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Erg Chech 002 - my favorite meteorite

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#1 oblako

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 03:35 PM

This meteorite is older than the Earth. It might be the oldest magmatic rock  in  the our solar system.

It has some interesting crystals.

I tried to experiment with different lighting. 

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Here is the YouTube video with the images of more specimens:
 

 

 

https://youtu.be/3Kj...4mVxbLXEN_12LSS


Edited by oblako, 18 September 2023 - 08:19 PM.

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#2 leonardovaller

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 07:19 PM

This meteorite is older than the Earth. It might be the oldest magmatic rock  in  the Universe.

 

All chondrites are older than the Earth.

It may be the oldest magmatic rock found on the Earth and maybe, just maybe, the oldest magmatic rock in our Solar System. But it is very hasty to think that it could be the oldest volcanic rock in the universe. The universe is very large and we only know of planets in 4000 systems, which represents an irrelevant part of the 100 000 000 000 solar systems that exist in our galaxy alone. Galaxy that is of course just one of the 1,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the observable universe.

 

100 000 000 000 solar systems in 1000 000 000 000 galaxies. That's a lot.



#3 oblako

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 08:20 PM

Of course, I meant the solar system. Thanks!




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