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Meteorite experiments are giving scientists a new way to read Mercury’s unusual chemistry
Key Takeaways
- Rice University researchers used the rare Indarch meteorite as a laboratory analog for Mercury.
- Mercury’s crust is sulfur- and magnesium-rich and more chemically reduced than other rocky planets.
- The experiments help connect spacecraft observations to models of Mercury’s interior and evolution.
- The work suggests Mercury formed under chemical conditions very different from Earth’s.
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