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NMNH - Bennu, 2

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January 29, 2025

Rob Wardell, Tim Gooding and Tim McCoy, Smithsonian.

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Sodium carbonate. The vein is also surrounded by clay-rich rock, with small pieces of rock resting on top of the sodium carbonate needles.

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