carbonaceous
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The researchers focused especially on carbonaceous chondrites, a type of meteorite rich in carbon.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Based on their results, the researchers suspect that additional meteorite types besides carbonaceous chondrites may also have formed in the same dust trap during even earlier stages of Solar System history.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
What’s more, studies of light reflected from Psyche suggest it isn’t purely metal but probably contains some carbonaceous material, a typical asteroid ingredient, and rocky silicate minerals.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 13, 2023
"Bennu is what we call a carbonaceous asteroid," explained Christopher Sneed, the deputy curator on the Osiris-Rex mission.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023
In some cases they are rich in graphite or carbonaceous matters; in others they are full of brown mica; some spots consist of rather coarser grains of quartz than occur in the matrix.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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