Английская Википедия:Elkinstantonite
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Elkinstantonite Шаблон:IPAc-en is a mineral with formula Шаблон:Chem2 that was first generated in a laboratory in the 1980s[1] and first identified from natural origins in 2022, when the official mineral designation was also given. It is monoclinic, with space group P21/c (space group 14).[2]
History
Elkinstantonite was first identified in nature by scientists from the University of Alberta who were given a 70-gram piece of an ancient 15-ton El Ali meteorite that landed in Somalia and was first noticed by the international scientific community in 2020.[3] Elkinstantonite was named after NASA scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton.[3]
The mineral was identified by Andrew Locock who is employed by the university as the head of its electron microprobe laboratory,[4] and classified by geologist Chris Herd.[5] Locock also identified the first natural specimen of elaliite in the same sample.[6]
Synthetic versions of elkinstantonite were produced in a French laboratory in the 1980s, but could not be categorised as a mineral until they were found in nature.[4]
References
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- ↑ Bouchdoug, M. et al."Preparation et etude d'un oxyphosphate Fe4(PO4)2O". J. Solid State Chem. (1982) 42, p. 149-157 10.1016/0022-4596(82)90261-4
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web, talk given at the Space Exploration Symposium 2022, University of Alberta.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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