Tightly adhered to a rock, NOAA said they discovered the roughly four inches-in-diameter specimen amid a smattering of white sponges. NOAA described the object as smooth, gold, and dome-shaped.

Notes This specimen is Rutilated Quartz. Rutilated Quartz includes inculsions of rutile that appear like needles. This specimen is 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.6 cm. Number of objects in this record 1 Record ...

The physical characterisation of each specimen entailed the determination of the polymorph type (s) by continuous scan x ray diffraction and the size distribution by transmission electron microscopy.