Part Four Continued
Proving a Structure
Buckyballs in Nature:
1992 - found in the rare coal-like mineral shingite - sample about 500 million years old
1993 - found in fulgerites which are glassy rocks formed when lightning strikes - carbon must have come from surrounding soils
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Flick Coleman
wcoleman@wellesley.edu
Dept. of Chemistry
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