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A new mineral has been discovered in a lunar meteorite – Open Access Government
A team of European researchers have discovered a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, named donwilhelmsite [CaAl4Si2O11]
The new mineral donwilhelmsite is the first high-pressure mineral found in meteorites with application for subducted terrestrial sediments and is important for understanding the inner structure of the Earth.
It is mainly composed of calcium, aluminum, silicon, and oxygen atoms and was discovered within shock melt zones of the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara. This meteorite is compositionally similar to rocks comprising the Earth’s continents. Eroded sediments…
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