A new mineral from the oldest solar system solids in meteorites
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 06:41
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers have identified a new mineral in the oldest solar system solids from primitive meteorites. They've named it "rubinite" after Dr. Alan E. Rubin, a pioneering cosmochemist at University of California, Los Angeles. Rubinite was officially approved in March 2017 by the International Mineralogical Association.