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
