Main Shaft (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Main Shaft

Caption

Crystals extracted from a rubble pile collected a century ago by prospectors at Meteor Crater showed extreme temperatures and pressures during the impact that created the crater 49,000 years ago.

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Aaron Cavosie

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