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Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite analog

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Originally uploaded by Waifer X

Raw spinach leaves versus cooked spinach leaves, as an analogy for meteorites containing carbonaceous chondrites (volatile materials which would not survive extensive heating, and thus may represent a sampling of the early solar nebula), versus achondrite meteorites, which lack volatile materials (and thus experienced extensive heating in its past).

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