Core tip? In ancient times, there was a legend of "Tianbao", the king of precious stones. With the study of the world's only olivine meteorite discovered in Europe and America in the last century, after long-term interdisciplinary research in Europe and America, the scientific community unanimously confirmed a new term "iddingsite" ...
(Chinese meteorite)
The legend of sapphire
In the ancient East, on the Gobi Desert, there is a beautiful news about the meteorite falling from a distant guest star:
A poor desert capital often suffers from droughts, sandstorms and dust storms, and the people are miserable.
At this time, the county king and his wife gave birth to a beautiful daughter. The princess is not only beautiful, but also clever and obedient. The strangest thing is that since the old county king and his wife gave birth to the princess, the county has been in good weather every year, and the people's lives are getting better every day. Slowly, the desert capital that was once in collapse and poverty has become the capital of a very rich oasis county. The old king and his wife said: this is a gift from heaven, and the arrival of the princess has brought prosperity to the desert. In the future, we must find a good husband for the princess to govern the county king and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.
In a blink of an eye, the princess reached marriageable age, and several rich brothers from neighboring counties proposed to her with all kinds of rare treasures, including Gobi agate and Hetian jade. But the princess has never been tempted. It turns out that the princess always likes the young man who prunes the flower beds inside and outside the county palace. That young man is the son of an old gardener who manages flowers and plants in the palace. He often came to the palace with his father since he was a child. In fact, the little gardener also likes the princess very much, but because of the disparity in identity, he can only express his love with his eyes when he meets. Although they were neglected as children and often played together, as the princess grew up and reached marriageable age, their communication became less and less. The princess and the little gardener are in pain, and the gap in identity makes them feel helpless. They watched the old king and his wife always warmly entertain the young men from all counties who came in and out to propose marriage, and they became more and more anxious and didn't know what to do.
The old king and his wife urged the princess to make a statement every day. The princess is really at a loss. Once, the princess was very anxious and said to the old king and his wife,' I have seen a lot of Yu Pei, and there is nothing unusual. If anyone can find a gem different from those ordinary treasures, "it doesn't come from the ground, it comes from the sky", that person is my husband, no matter what his status, I will marry him according to the arrangement of heaven. The old king and his wife feared God and immediately said that if anyone found the gem according to God's will, that person would become a husband, but the time limit could not exceed too long. The old king, his wife and the princess agreed to set the time limit at 7749 days. If this time limit is exceeded, the princess will also obey the wishes of the old county king and his wife, and the old county king will appoint a husband for the princess. The princess agreed, and finally said, this will also be fate, and I respect fate.
The announcement that the old county king and his wife are looking for gems to decide Princess Lang Jun was released to the whole county and neighboring counties the next day. All of a sudden, many young men who want to be princesses in the jurisdiction of the old county king and neighboring counties ran to the Gobi Desert where the legendary meteorite fell, praying that "pies fell from the sky", and some people giggled that the old county king was playing tricks on people. Of course, the little gardener, the son of the old gardener, also joined the crowd looking for "Tianbao". However, compared with others, his mood is more urgent and he suffers from insomnia almost every night. Because he tried hard to find the "Tianke" gem he wanted during the day, he looked at the sky blankly at night and often prayed to the sky.
On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the little gardener still found nothing with his hands empty. He was lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Thinking that tomorrow is the deadline. The beloved princess will be appointed by the old county king to determine her husband. He got up and suddenly found a cloud in front of him. He walked on the clouds, which took him to the Gobi desert at the foot of the flaming mountain.
He knelt on the desert and looked at the stars close at hand. Suddenly, the fire flashed in the sky, and the next fireball fell from the sky, fell to the front not far from him, and rolled in the desert. The little gardener ran quickly, and there was a stone the size of pigeon eggs, and there was residual heat in it. When the stone was not hot, the little gardener picked it up. At this time, the east has spit white. He carefully observed that there was some reddish-brown molten sulfur on the stone, which was a dark guy.
The little gardener wiped his tears from time to time, and the Tianshi stone in his hand was soaked. It's getting light, thought the little gardener. It's no use crying any more. He must see the princess again, because they may never see each other again. The little gardener is drying his tears with his hands. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he found a rose-red crystal the size of a grain of rice on the stone. At this time, the stone floated up to reveal a head, like the shadow of the old county king. The colonel made a sound and quietly told the little gardener: this is the rare treasure that the princess wants!
The little gardener gave the old county king, his wife and princess a "jewel in the sky" more precious than all the earth gems.
The old king of the county also obeyed God's will, happily accepted the husband, and entrusted the monarch to the little gardener and the princess. Since then, a pair of happy people have lived happily together under the matching of "Tianbao" given by God, and the county seat has become more and more brilliant.
This is the legendary story about the mysterious "Tianbao".
How does modern science explain this ancient legend?
In this painting, there are half red Ding Yi and half olive. )
(It is obvious that olivine gradually turns red.)
(The fire of suspected nano-diamond inside the Ding Yi meteorite)
Olivine is the secondary change product of olivine, and olivine is a mixture of clay minerals, iron oxide and its hydroxide. Iddingsite does not exist in plutonic rocks, but it can appear in meteorites.
In ancient times, there was a legend of "Tianbao", the king of precious stones. With the study of the world's only olivine meteorite discovered in Europe and America in the last century, after long-term interdisciplinary research in Europe and America, the scientific community unanimously confirmed a new term "Dingyi meteorite". This is the most important sign that can determine the olivine meteorite on Mars. According to the fact that "iddingsite" is as rare as "Tianbao", peridotite meteorites from outer space are probably the same celestial body.