Ever heard about elaliite and elkinstantonite?
never before seen on earth in a 15-tonne meteorite found in Somalia – the ninth-largest meteorite ever found.
The new minerals – named elaliite and elkinstantonite – were identified rapidly by Andrew Locock, head of the university’s Electron Microprobe Laboratory, because each had been synthetically created before. The research, conducted in collaboration with UCLA and the California Institute of Technology, suggests that if the scientist can obtain more samples, even more minerals may be found.
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