New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
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Why does nature keep making perfect cubical pyrite crystals?
Pyrite is far from the only mineral that creates cubic crystals. Halite, commonly recognized as table salt (NaCl), often forms transparent, cube-shaped crystals due to the orderly arrangement of ...
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What's the difference between MSG and table salt? A chemist explains
you may see cube-shaped crystals. Sodium chloride is very abundant. It is found dissolved in Earth's oceans. Mineral deposits of salt, known as halite or rock salt, formed from the evaporation and ...