Hitekno.com – Meteor and other bodies left over from the formation of the solar system are regarded as highly prized by scientists because most are chemically unchanged since then, while the rocks on the earth’s surface have been formed by geological and even human processes.
Researchers studying meteorites found in Somalia in 2020, he found two mineral never seen before outside the laboratory.
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Reported by Sputnik News, minerals, dubbed elaliite and elkinstantonite, were discovered in the El Ali iron meteorite by researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada. Both minerals were only observed after being synthesized in the laboratory and had never been seen in nature before.
“Every time you find a new mineral, it means the actual geological conditions, the chemistry of the rock, are different from what’s been found before,” said Chris Herd, a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the US. ‘University of Alberta. in a statement.
“That’s what makes it interesting: In this particular meteorite, there are two officially described minerals that are new to science.”
The El Ali meteorite was huge, measuring 16.5 tons, and was classified as an IAB iron meteorite, meaning that its meteoric iron is different from that found on Earth: it exists in a pure metallic state, not as a mineral, it is often alloyed with nickel, and is decorated with pieces of flint. It is in silica that new minerals are discovered.
Finding new materials in space rocks is not uncommon, as they can come from anywhere in the solar system or beyond. Scientists had hoped that more of the new mineral could be found in the El Ali meteorite, but it is reportedly preparing to be sold.
