that strangelets can convert matter to strange matter on contact. Strangelets have also been suggested as a dark matter candidate.

Theoretical possibility

Strange matter hypothesis

The known particles with strange quarks are unstable. Because the strange quark is heavier than the up and down quarks, it can spontaneously decay, via the weak interaction, into an up quark, an electron, and an antineutrino.

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