Two minerals never seen on earth extracted from meteorite sample
Mining News Pro - A team of researchers has discovered at least two minerals never before seen on earth in a 15-tonne meteorite found in Somalia – the ninth-largest meteorite ever found.
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Scientists dig for answers inside mineral-rich meteorites
Mining News Pro - The goal is to analyze the minerals, metals and water the rocky bodies deliver to our planet and, thus, uncover new clues on the early history of planet formation and how the young earth acquired the ingredients essential for life.
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Scientists find new mineral in meteorite sample
Mining News Pro - Researchers from the California Institute of Technology, the University of California and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum found a rare form of iron-carbide mineral that has never before been seen in nature. They named it edscottite.
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