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'Phenomenal': Massive Meteorite Hid Two Minerals Never Before Seen on Earth

Summary by Ground News
A team of researchers in Canada say they have discovered two new minerals – and potentially a third – after analysing a slice of a 15-tonne meteorite that landed in east Africa. The meteorite, the ninth largest recorded at over 2 metres wide, was unearthed in Somalia in 2020, although local camel herders say it was well known to them for generations and named Nightfall in their songs and poems.

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Live Science broke the news in United States on Monday, November 28, 2022.
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