It's sand that has never been exposed to water or oxygen. This leaves various reactive chemicals on the surface that would normally be broken down. The lack of water also means the particles haven't been smoothed off as much. They are sharp and spiky.

The combination of these effects makes the dust quite unique, compared to earth dust.

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Catoblepas 19 points 2 years ago

It also reportedly smells like gunpowder.

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prayer 5 points 2 years ago

Burned or unburned? They are two distinct smells.

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Catoblepas 8 points 2 years ago

Burned, according to the astronauts. I don’t know if the exact mechanism has been published anywhere, but since spent gunpowder has been oxidized I imagine that’s what’s going on with the dust as well.

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vind 26 points 2 years ago

50% SiO2, 15% Al2O3, 10% CaO, 10% MgO, 5% TiO2 and 5-15% iron

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0110010001100010 46 points 2 years ago

And 100% reason to remember the name.

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nxdefiant 10 points 2 years ago

All those oxides but the iron is pure? SUS.

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qjkxbmwvz 1 point 2 years ago

Jack Schmidt = Anakin confirmed.

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rustydomino 2 points 2 years ago

More like Jack Schmidt = Cave Johnson

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Windex007 16 points 2 years ago

The sample size is at least a little bit bigger...

Some guy stole moon rocks (presumably still had moon dust on them) to bang his gf on them.

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salarua 14 points 2 years ago

better link: https://www.timesnownews.com/...

don't use amp links pls

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Quetzalcutlass 16 points 2 years ago

Roberts was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his role in the Moonrock caper, as well as a separate offence of stealing dinosaur bones from a museum in Utah.

I'm afraid to ask what he did with the dinosaur bones!

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credo 6 points 2 years ago

Boned on bones, obviously.

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Windex007 7 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much

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Raxiel 15 points 2 years ago

So, if someone were to crash the moon into the earth to stop it escaping, as many as 1/12 of the population could experience a reduced quality of life?

Might need to consider not doing that I suppose.

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halvar 14 points 2 years ago

Not being allergic to finely graded rocks that have been bathing in radiation for billions of years seems more unlikely.

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gitamar 14 points 2 years ago

Here's a source for this: https://www.esa.int/...

He's a climate change denier though.

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