[meteorite-list] Russsian meteorite yields new mineral, uakitite

2018-08-06 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list
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

[meteorite-list] Two meteorites strike on moon

2018-08-06 Thread Thomas Perry via Meteorite-list
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/meteors-moon-1.4773188?utm_source=quora_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

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2018-08-06 Thread Thomas Perry via Meteorite-list
Test __ 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

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2018-08-06 Thread Robert Verish via Meteorite-list
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.

[meteorite-list] OLDESTR IGNEOUS METEORITE

2018-08-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list
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

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2018-08-06 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
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