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Scientists discovered high-pressure mineral in lunar meteorite – Tech Explorist
It was discovered within the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara.
European scientists have discovered a new high-pressure mineral donwilhelmsite from the moon in a lunar meteorite. It is the first high-pressure mineral found in meteorites with the application for terrestrial sediments dragged deep into the Earth mantle by plate tectonics. The discovery of the mineral could help explain what happens to materials within the extreme pressures of the Earth’s mantle.
The donwilhelmsite is consists of calcium, aluminum, silicon, and oxygen atoms. It was discovered within…
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