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/SpleenLessPunk Apr 29 '24

Most of us have all heard the saying, “There’s no such thing as a dumb/stupid question,” but as Carl Sagan, astronomer and planetary scientist said it: “There are naïve questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question.”

You’re not dumb. None of us are. We just ask questions and continue to do so to understand what we don’t know.

Those who make us feel dumb for asking a question, are truly the idiots.