A team of researchers from the University of Alberta discovered at least two new minerals never before seen on Earth in a 15-ton meteorite that landed in east Africa. Unearthed in Somalia in 2020, the meteorite is the ninth largest ever found. When researchers sliced off a two-ounce section of the space rock, they found two new minerals named "elaliite" and "elkinstantonite.
" Details about the minerals remain limited. "Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the actual geological conditions, the chemistry of the rock, was different…Scientists Find Two Completely New Minerals On Meteorite
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