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Two minerals never before been seen on Earth found inside 17-ton meteorite
.livescience.com ^
| 11/28/2022
| By Ben Turner
Posted on 11/28/2022 3:36:36 PM PST by BenLurkin
he 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 in 2020. Scientists named the minerals elaliite after the meteor and elkinstantonite after Lindy Elkins-Tanton(opens in new tab), the managing director of the Arizona State University Interplanetary Initiative...
The researchers classified El Ali as an Iron IAB complex meteorite, a type made of meteoric iron flecked with tiny chunks of silicates. While investigating the meteorite slice, details of the new minerals caught the scientists' attention. By comparing the minerals with versions of them that had been previously synthesized in a lab, they were able to rapidly identify them as newly recorded in nature.
The researchers plan to investigate the meteorites further in order to understand the conditions under which their parent asteroid formed.
The team is also looking into material science applications of the minerals.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; elaliite; elkinstantonite; geology; hh2; kryptonite; ludditesonfr; meteor; meteorite; meteorites; meteors; minerals; science; tylium
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:36:36 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The Greatest meteorite ever?
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:37:59 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: All
To: SunkenCiv
"By comparing the minerals with versions of them that had been previously synthesized in a lab, they were able to rapidly identify them as newly recorded in nature."
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:38:29 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Yukon Cornelius says: I've never tasted this before!
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:48:13 PM PST
by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: BenLurkin
Finally, some minerals which the general in “The Pirates of Penzance” was ignorant of.
To: escapefromboston
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:02:56 PM PST
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: BenLurkin
That sums up my reaction as well.
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:19:53 PM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: BenLurkin
"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, a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, said in a statement" Aside from its ungrammaticality, the above statement contains the greatest insight I've seen penetrated for many a nanosecond.
PREMISE = CONCLUSION!!!!
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:20:28 PM PST
by
rx
To: BenLurkin
Secret ingredient in newest “One weird trick” supplement...
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:28:30 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:32:17 PM PST
by
CPT Clay
To: goldbux
Unobtanium [Uun].
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:58:15 PM PST
by
goldbux
(βThe whole world is a very narrow bridge. The main thing is to have no fear at all.β ββ R. Nachman)
To: BenLurkin
So any new elements in these minerals???
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posted on
11/28/2022 5:00:48 PM PST
by
mware
To: BenLurkin
If it was not gold or platinum or at least silver, it has no value on earth.
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posted on
11/28/2022 5:51:32 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
To: BenLurkin
> taken from the 16.5 ton (15 metric tons) El Ali meteorite,
which crashed to Earth in 2020.Huh. You'd think if a 16.5 TON meteorite fell to Earth in 2020, someone would have noticed. No, this thing was found by scientists in 2020. It's been there for ages.
Though considering that it was found in Somalia, perhaps a 16.5 ton impact there in 2020 would not have been all bad.
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:17:24 PM PST
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(If Black Lives Matter, how do you explain Chicago?)
To: Verginius Rufus
But he is still a very modern major general.
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:18:51 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: Flatus I. Maximus
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:34:05 PM PST
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
Thanks for the info. 16 tons is a good size chunk of metal. As a news junkie I was wondering how I hadn’t heard about an impact that size.
To: BenLurkin
16 tons?
I want to see a picture of the crater.
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:37:19 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
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