<--chondrulesYesterday I took the kids to see, inter alia, dinosaur bones. We saw a ferocious T. Rex, and what was called brontosaurus when I was a wee second grader. That's the last time I learned about dinosaurs, so my knowledge of paleontology topped out at age 7. I still think dimetrodons are purple with red claws.
Probably my favorite exhibit was the hall of gems and minerals -- beautiful jewels in every color imaginable. We saw meteors, or as Scotty calls them: space wocks fwum outer space! They're metal dude. I totally didn't know that. Iron to be precise. They contain particles called chondrules that predate the known universe. Plus they're pretty colors. Science is fun.
