[Rockhounds] Two minerals never before been seen on Earth found inside 17-ton meteorite

[Herwig Pelckmans]

Exactly my observations too, Rik.
The meteorite is known, so that's a start. For more information on the
meteorite, see
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74444
The new mineral names, on the contrary, have not been made public in
scientific publications yet.
So it looks like some scientist was too anxious to get the word out and
forgot about the rules ...
Cheers, Herwig

Op di 29 nov. 2022 om 10:39 schreef <rik.dillen at skynet.be>:

> Are those two new mineral names already 'officially' described  in a
> scientific paper, and are they already approved by the CNMNC Commission of
> the IMA?
> Just wondering, as I couldn't find any publication about them in scientific
> literature via Google.
> Grts, and thanks for sharing this interesting news fact.
>
> Rik Dillen
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> inside 17-ton meteorite
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> Two minerals that have never been seen before on Earth have been discovered
> inside a massive meteorite in Somalia. They could hold important clues to
> how asteroids form.
>
> The two brand new minerals were found inside a single 2.5 ounce (70 gram)
> slice taken from the 16.5 ton (15 metric tons) El Ali meteorite, which
> crashed to *Earth* <https://www.livescience.com/earth.html> in 2020.
> Scientists named the minerals elaliite after the *meteor*
> <
> https://www.livescience.com/difference-between-asteroids-comets-and-meteors
> .html
> <https://www.livescience.com/difference-between-asteroids-comets-and-meteors.html>
> >
> and
> elkinstantonite after *Lindy Elkins-Tanton*
> <https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/person/lindy-elkins-tanton/
> >(open
> s
> in new tab), the managing director of the Arizona State University
> Interplanetary Initiative and principal investigator of NASA's upcoming
> Psyche mission, which will send a probe to investigate the mineral-rich
> Psyche *asteroid* <https://www.livescience.com/asteroids> for evidence of
> how our *solar system* <https://www.livescience.com/our-solar-system.html
> >'s
> planets formed.
>
> "Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the actual geological
> conditions, the chemistry of the rock, was different than what's been found
> before," *Chris Herd* <https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/herd
> >(opens
> in new tab), a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric
> Sciences
> at the University of Alberta, said in a *statement*
> <
> https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/11/new-minerals-discovered-in-massive-me
> teorite-may-reveal-clues-to-asteroid-formation.html
> <https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/11/new-minerals-discovered-in-massive-meteorite-may-reveal-clues-to-asteroid-formation.html>
> >(opens
> in new tab). "That's what makes this exciting: In this particular meteorite
> you have two officially described minerals that are new to science."
>
> https://www.livescience.com/two-new-minerals-found-inside-meteorite
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