Scientists find new primitive mineral in meteorite
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 13:02
in Astronomy & Space
In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still serving the scientific community as a rich source of information about the early stages of our solar system's evolution. Recently, scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) discovered a new mineral embedded in the space rockone they believe to be among the oldest minerals formed in the solar system.