Asteroid? Meteor? Meteorite? Rock? When you have access to an XRF instrument friends ask you to test all sorts of things!
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My friend Brit is trying to find out if this rock she found is actually from from outer space. Yes. You read that right! The rock seems to have several characteristics of a meteorite but is missing some other key characteristics and some characteristics it has aren’t quite as convincing as others to those who study…