[meteorite-list] Edscottite Found in Meteorite

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:06:57 -0500
Message-ID: <1ed468b3-bccb-9e90-5cff-2aa1d0cb0039_at_att.net>

Extraterrestrial Mineral Never Before Seen
on Earth Found Inside a Famous Meteorite
By Yasemin Saplakoglu, Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/new-extraterrestrial-mineral-edscottite-meteorite.html

Scientists Confirm The Discovery of a Mineral
Never Before Seen in Nature. Science Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/mineral-never-seen-in-nature-found-buried-in-heart-of-mysterious-meteorite

This meteorite came from the core of another planet.
Inside it, a new mineral By Liam Mannix, The Age
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/this-meteorite-came-from-the-core-of-another-planet-inside-it-a-new-mineral-20190830-p52mhg.html

The paper is:

Ma, C. and Rubin, A.E., 2019. Edscottite, Fe5C2,
a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich
Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite. American
Mineralogist, 104(9), pp.1351-1355.
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ammin.2019.104.issue-9/am-2019-7102/am-2019-7102.xml
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/104/9/1351/573345/edscottite-fe5c2-a-new-iron-carbide-mineral-from

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Fri 27 Sep 2019 09:06:57 PM PDT