article_snippet: Dr Paul Steinhardt from Princeton University said.
article_snippet: Bringing back the material and showing that it was of natural origins was an important scientific barrier to overcome,’ Dr Steinhardt said.
article_snippet: The researchers are now exploring how the mineral formed.
article_snippet: We know there was a meteor impact, and that the temperature was around 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Kelvin, and that the pressure was a hundred thousand times greater than atmospheric pressure, but that is not enough to tell us all the details,’ said ’ Dr Steinhardt.
article_snippet: What us find out could answer basic questions about the materials found in our universe.
highlights_snippet: Scientists at Princeton University, New Jersey studied ancient meteorite .
  
highlights_snippet: Discovery could shed light on how these materials exist in the universe .