[meteorite-list] Russsian meteorite yields new mineral, uakitite
Russian gold prospectors find meteorite containing a new mineral that had never before been seen on Earth. The mineral came from the Uakit meteorite, named for the Russian location where it was found. The new mineral is named uakitite and announced at the 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 (LPI Contrib. No. 2067) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2018/pdf/6252.pdf and Halenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M. and Mills, S.J., 2018. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(3), pp. 779-785. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/new-minerals-and-nomenclature-modifications-approved-in-2018/D1A5CC9EA8E4BD2F831F44469825FF44 Uakitite - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uakitite That Newfound Mineral Isn't Harder Than Diamond — But It Is from Space By Kimberly Hickok, LiveScience August 3, 2018 https://www.livescience.com/63247-uakit-meteorite-new-mineral.html Yours, Paul H. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Two meteorites strike on moon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/meteors-moon-1.4773188?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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This might be old news to those of you on facebook, but for those of us who are not, here is some news out of the MetSoc Meeting: Gold hunters in southern Russia might have been disappointed to learn that the speckled, yellow rock they uncovered was not a sizeable pebble of valuable metal. Instead, it was a rare piece of space-borne rubble containing a new mineral that had never before been seen on Earth. The mineral came from the Uakit meteorite, named for the Russian location where it was found. Scientists recently presented their discovery of the meteorite's new mineral, named uakitite, at the Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Moscow: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2018/pdf/6252.pdf http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/06/mineral-never-seen-on-earth-found-inside-russian-meteorite.html __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OLDESTR IGNEOUS METEORITE
List, "Oldest-ever igneous meteorite contains clues to planet building blocks:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180806095218.htm "NWA 9 is the oldest-ever igneous meteorite recorded at 4.565 billion years... "The age of this meteorite is the oldest, igneous meteorite ever recorded," said Professor and Director of the Institute of Meteoritics Carl Agee. "Not only is this just an extremely unusual rock type, it's telling us that not all asteroids look the same. Some of them look almost like the crust of the Earth because they're so light colored and full of SiO2. These not only exist, but it occurred during one of the very first volcanic events to take place in the solar system." There's a good picture of this very odd item in the article. Sterling Webb __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Allende Contributed by: Al Mitterling http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=08/06/2018 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
