• Question: have you ever found crystals in space if so how much?

    Asked by anon-245584 to Samantha on 19 Mar 2020.
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      Samantha Faircloth answered on 19 Mar 2020:

      Hello Riley! That’s a clever question. Yes, there are lots and lots of crystals out in space. The ones that we know about are from places where we have samples from. The rocks that I study that were brought back from the Moon by NASA astronauts are full of beautiful crystals that are known as minerals. If you imagine a diamond, which has lots of pretty crystal faces, then you’ll have a good idea of the things that I look at. We haven’t yet found an actual diamond in Moon rocks but there are pyroxenes, apatites, olivines, plagioclases and lots more. Have a look at Google for some great images of these : -)

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