FIRST DISCOVERY...Scientists Find Opal-Like Crystals In Tagish Lake, Canada Meteorite Fall

First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite

• Source: American Chemical Society
• Posted Saturday, August 6, 2011

Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial cloud of dust that produced the sun and planets of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, according to a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society....MORE ON THIS DISCOVERY HERE!