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• Letter | 27 March 2011

  Earliest rock fabric formed in the Solar System preserved in a chondrule rim

  Rock fabrics record the formation, compaction and deformation history of that rock. High-resolution mapping of tiny grains in the Allende CV meteorite reveals preservation of a spherical fabric that may have formed in the solar nebula, and could be the oldest rock fabric to have formed in the Solar System.

  • Philip A. Bland
  • , Lauren E. Howard
  •  & Kathryn A. Dyl

• Books & Arts | 28 February 2011

  Secrets of the Solar System

  • Anna Armstrong

• Research Highlights | 01 June 2010

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