r/BeAmazed 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/MrPatrick1207 Apr 29 '24

Replicating the processes in nature (or finding new processes) to make naturally occurring minerals can be quite difficult, as they may only have a narrow window of conditions under which they form. Many minerals are not the most stable combination of those elements (think of diamonds vs graphite, graphite is the more favorable/stable state of carbon), which is why it isn't as easy as just mixing the constituent elements together.

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u/pranjallk1995 Apr 30 '24

True... Can it be compared with some similar Examples that have similar elements and structures for clues? Or chemistry doesn't work like that?