11-30-2022, 03:42 PM
Two 'alien' minerals never before seen on Earth are discovered in a 14-ton meteorite that crashed in Somalia two years ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...9LPjcDXHPo
- The minerals were identified in the ninth-largest meteorite found on Earth
- The two minerals were discovered in a single two-ounce slice of the space rock
- They are named elaliite and elkinstantonite, but no other details have been released
- Researchers are optimistic that more new minerals could be uncovered if they take more samples from the meteorite
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...9LPjcDXHPo