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Re:Galileo Project now fully funded for expedition to study ... by guerrilla on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:26AM (#32876083)
Not an expert but I'm pretty sure it'd be easily identifiable as artificial because of the uniform composition and regular grain structure in steel. I think it would not only be clear that it was refined because of purity but also that it was far more regular than something natural. [1]

1. https://youtu.be/uG35D_euM-0

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Re:Galileo Project now fully funded for expedition to study ... by bnegreve on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:30AM (#32876391)
Some crystals are very regular.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal#/media/File:Ho-Mg-ZnQu...

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