[meteorite-list] Allende and a new mineral called Tistarite......

[Shawn Alan]

Hello List,



A couple weeks ago I came across a letter on the internet published in the American Mineralogist, Vol 94, pages 841-844, 2009 (here is a link to the letter http://www.its.caltech.edu/~chima/publications/2009_AM_tistarite.pdf ) and the topic was about a new mineral found in Allende, called Tistarite.

 

Last month I purchased an Allende meteorite and since then been fascinated by the thought that Allende is older then dirt, to be more exacted, 4.57 billion years old. And to top it off, Allende has traces of nanodiamonds from near by supernovas, making the fine-grain microscopic particles older then our solar system.

 

Now in 2009 from American Mineralogist I read that scientists have found a new mineral only present in Allende meteorite, which is called Tistarite. My question is how will this new mineral impact Allende meteorite in the science and meteorite communities and what significance will it have on future discoveries for new minerals?

 

Thank you
Shawn Alan