They might've found Vibranium brehs

[Duke Wy Lin]

New minerals discovered in massive meteorite may reveal clues to asteroid formation​

A slice of the El Ali meteorite, now housed in the U of A's Meteorite Collection, contains two minerals never before seen on Earth. Credit: University of Alberta


A team of researchers has discovered at least two new minerals that have never before been seen on Earth in a 15 ton meteorite found in Somalia—the ninth largest meteorite ever found.

"Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the actual geological conditions, the chemistry of the rock, was different than what's been found before," says Chris Herd, a professor in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and curator of the University of Alberta's Meteorite Collection. "That's what makes this exciting: In this particular meteorite you have two officially described minerals that are new to science."

The two minerals found came from a single 70 gram slice that was sent to the U of A for classification, and there already appears to be a potential third mineral under consideration. If researchers were to obtain more samples from the massive meteorite, there's a chance that even more might be found, Herd notes.

The two newly discovered minerals have been named elaliite and elkinstantonite. The first receives its name from the meteorite itself, dubbed the "El Ali" meteorite because it was found in near the town of El Ali, in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. Herd named the second mineral after Lindy Elkins-Tanton, vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative, professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration and principal investigator of NASA's upcoming Psyche mission.

Full article:New minerals discovered in massive meteorite may reveal clues to asteroid formation

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

This part got me worried:

Herd also notes that any new mineral discoveries could possibly yield exciting new uses down the line.

"Whenever there's a new material that's known, material scientists are interested too because of the potential uses in a wide range of things in society."

While the future of the meteorite remains uncertain, Herd says the researchers have received news that it appears to have been moved to China in search of a potential buyer. It remains to be seen whether additional samples will be available for scientific purposes.

 

[BaggerofTea]

They already gave it away

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

They already gave it away

Of course

 

[Neuromancer]

There goes Wakanda.

 

[Drakes2ndCousin]

[insert vibranium reference here]

 

[Alix217]

China already got it. Most Somalis probably don't even know that it happened

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Africa just gives away all of the resources

 

[SNG]

Africa could be the most powerful continent in the world if it weren’t so gotdamn tribal. shyt makes me upset.

 

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

holy fukk i'm just tryna get me some meteorite to alloy with gold and be intergalactically fly

 

[LuuqMaan]

Wakanda is in Somalia?
Superman landed in Horn of Africa?
Oldest bones found was in East Africa, right?

 

[KingJay]

Somebody call Namor
Cus Wakanda aint doin nothin

 

[boskey]

Natural resources without the infrastructure/network to exploit them is just dirt and rocks

Even shyt like the bronzes and african artwork...if Europeans didn't say they have historical value and put them in museums, Africans might have tossed them in the garbage years ago and never thought twice about it. Harsh truth. Hate to say it but thats how it is...

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Africa could be the most powerful continent in the world if it weren’t so gotdamn tribal. shyt makes me upset.

What do we need expect of people who traded humans for guns and gunpowder?

Somalia is on the east coast of Africa so know it’s just jokes.

 

[Gloxina]

Just wow.

That thing shouldn’t have left the continent.