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19 April 2017
Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system’s history
By Sophia Chen
A MAN with a Stetson perched on his head reclines in his chair, an assortment of rocks displayed in front of him. A second man in a fedora browses the collection, pausing over one specimen. The size of a chocolate bar, the silvery rock is inlaid with a mosaic of grainy grey shapes.
“What are you asking for that one?” asks the fedora.
“Oh, somewhere around five thousand,” replies the Stetson.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431223-200-rocks-of-ages-how-meteorites-reveal-the-solar-systems-history/