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That strange rock you come across might be from outer space : Farmers’ Rock Turns Out to Be Rare Meteorite | Arlington, Minn. Meteorite – Space.com<\/a><\/p>\n

On May 30, the couple brought their find to Alexander’s lab and allowed him to chip 0.02 ounces (0.6 grams) off the edge of it for analysis under a scanning electron microscope. The rock was iron, and contained about 8 percent nickel \u2014 a telltale giveaway. Iron objects on Earth contain almost no nickel, but iron rocks from space are usually between 5 and 20 percent nickel. The microscope also revealed what’s called a Widmanst\u00e4tten pattern of nickel-iron crystals that’s unique to meteorites<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That strange rock you come across might be from outer space : Farmers’ Rock Turns Out to Be Rare Meteorite | Arlington, Minn. 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