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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The meteorite itself was originally found in Somalia in 2020. Dubbed the \u201cEl Ali\u201d meteorite because it was found near the town of El Ali in the central region of the East African country, the space object is considered the ninth-largest meteorite ever to have survived passing through the atmosphere of planet Earth and colliding with its surface.<\/p>\n

A group of scientists from the University of Alberta (U of A) in Canada have succeeded in identifying two new minerals that have never before been seen on Earth in a 15-ton space rock.<\/p>\n

The \u201cphenomenal\u201d discovery came as a result of laboratory analyses of a 70-gram slice of the meteorite received by the U of A from Somalia for scientific examination.<\/p>\n

Herd was said to have found, while studying the meteorite sample in a microscope, where he spotted some unusual elements. That prompted him to seek the help of a scientist experienced in identifying new minerals, Andrew Locock, head of the university\u2019s Electron Microprobe Laboratory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe very first day he did some analyses, he said, \u2018You\u2019ve got at least two new minerals in there,\u2019\u201d Herd narrated. \u201cThat was phenomenal. Most of the time, it takes a lot more work than that to say there\u2019s a new mineral.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two newly-identified minerals received the names \u201celaliite\u201d and \u201celkinstantonite\u201d. The first mineral took its name from the meteorite itself, which was originally named after the town of El Ali in the central region of Somalia, where the 15-ton space object crashed in 2020. The second mineral was named after Lindy Elkins-Tanton, vice president of the Arizona State University (ASU) Interplanetary Initiative, a professor at ASU\u2019s School of Earth and Space Exploration.<\/p>\n

The scientists believe that more minerals could be discovered in the El Ali meteorite, including a potential third mineral already under examination, if more samples from the massive meteorite are handed to researchers.<\/p>\n

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