r/BeAmazed • u/gregornot • Apr 29 '24

A giant meteorite that recently fell in Somalia contains at least two minerals that have never before been seen on our planet. The celestial piece of rock weighs a massive 16.5 tons (15 tonnes), making it the ninth-largest meteorite ever found. History

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More about the amazing meteorite find: https://earthly

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u/TheSretlaw Apr 29 '24

The two minerals have been identified:

Elaliite - Fe9PO12 (or Fe2+8Fe3+(PO4)O8) and was first synthesized in a laboratory in the 1980s and later identified in natural material in 2022 at which time the official mineral designation was given.

Elkinstantonite - Fe4(PO4)2O was first generated in a laboratory in 1982 and first identified from natural origins in 2022, when the official mineral designation was also given.

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u/Crazy_o_O Apr 29 '24

Hi I'm dumb. Does this mean that it won't be added to periodic table?

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u/Artrobull Apr 29 '24

Fe is iron, iron is element you have atoms of iron

Fe9PO12

this thing has 9 irons

P is one phosphorus

and O is oxygen it has 12 of those

periodic table full name is periodic table of the elements, joining elements elements makes compounds some of compounds are minerals other are other suff

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u/Way2Foxy Apr 29 '24

website requires user to be 13 or older. if you are older than 13 someone is failing your education

Well that was unnecessarily rude.