Hi Shawn, I doubt it will change the value of Allende, but it is one of the cooler new names for a discovery:
"The mineral is named after the composition "Ti" and the word "star," implying that this new refractory mineral is among the first solids formed in the solar system." -Martin On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello List, > > > > A couple weeks ago I came across a letter on the internet published in the > American Mineralogist, Vol 94, pages 841-844, 2009 (here is a link to the > letter http://www.its.caltech.edu/~chima/publications/2009_AM_tistarite.pdf ) > and the topic was about a new mineral found in Allende, called Tistarite. > > > > Last month I purchased an Allende meteorite and since then been fascinated by > the thought that Allende is older then dirt, to be more exacted, 4.57 billion > years old. And to top it off, Allende has traces of nanodiamonds from near by > supernovas, making the fine-grain microscopic particles older then our solar > system. > > > > Now in 2009 from American Mineralogist I read that scientists have found a > new mineral only present in Allende meteorite, which is called Tistarite. My > question is how will this new mineral impact Allende meteorite in the science > and meteorite communities and what significance will it have on future > discoveries for new minerals? > > > > Thank you > Shawn Alan > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
