Green Meteorite Found In Morocco May Be From Mercury

An anonymous reader writes in with news that a meteorite found in Morocco might be from Mercury. "The green rock found in Morocco last year may be the first known visitor from the solar system's innermost planet, according to meteorite scientist Anthony Irving, who unveiled the new findings this month at the 44th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas. The study suggests that a space rock called NWA 7325 came from Mercury, and not an asteroid or Mars."

Comments

Don't tell Superman

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously it's Kryptonite

With a name like NWA 7325...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd guess it was "Straight Outta Compton"

It's an Easter present.

[Jane Q. Public]

My guess is it's a snot rocket from God.

Re:It's an Easter present.

[Garridan]

Uhm, he didn't need the booger, so he launched it at us. Duh? Omnipotence gets pretty boring. Gotta mix it up for funsies.

Re:Dumb Question:

[Anonymous Coward]

We just compare with the samples we've already taken from Mercury, Duh!

ObTOS

[martin-boundary]

"Captain, this visitor appears to be a green rock."

"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."

"Green life? Ok, Bones, leave the ... diplomacy to me!"

Mercurous Chromate is green

[billstewart]

Apparently there are very few green-colored mercury compounds*; most of them tend to be reddish or white. So if the mercury you left in the fridge is turning green, because you've got a bunch of chromate ions floating around inside, you've got at least two problems in your fridge... and you don't usually see that kind of behaviour in a major appliance.

(* That's based on Google/Wikipedia searches; it's been a while since I've done real chemistry, and it's possible there's also some green organometallic mercury compound, but most of the ones I could find were reds or whites. It's also possible that you've got some mercury-tolerant molds growing on the organic debris floating on top of your bowl of mercury, but I'm still not gonna eat anything from your fridge.)

Re:Meanwhile, in Kansas

[GodfatherofSoul]

You're obviously not from a rural town. Whenever an older woman who never appeared pregnant magically shows up with a baby, that means her 16 year-old daughter who went to "California" for a year got knocked up. "Krypton" ain't nothing but the back seat of Jed's Camaro; coincidentally on his "hey y'all watch this" night down at that abandoned nuclear silo.