International Mineralogical Association

Caltech Scientists Found Three New Minerals Inside Unique Meteorite

Medicine & Technology Mar 08, 2017

Mineralogist Chi Ma from Caltech and his team found three minerals from a meteorite. That Meteorite was found from the Koryak Mountains in eastern Russia. researchers also found metallic Aluminum inside the fragment for the first time.

Human Activity Produced 208 New Minerals, Approaching To A New Anthropocene Epoch

Mar 02, 2017

Formation of minerals was started by Oxidization more than two billion years ago. About 5,208 materials were listed by the International Mineralogical Association. Now, Robert Hazen from the Carnegie Institution for Science has defined 208 minerals among the list of 5,208 minerals as Human Influenced.

International Mineralogical Association

Caltech Scientists Found Three New Minerals Inside Unique Meteorite

Human Activity Produced 208 New Minerals, Approaching To A New Anthropocene Epoch

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