4.5-Billion-Year-Old Metorite Yields New Mineral by Jeanna Bryner

"A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite from northwest Africa has yielded one of the earliest minerals of the solar system." Scientists officially named the mineral krotile. This mineral has never been found in nature before, but "it is a man-made constituent of some high-temperature concrete, according to study researcher Anthony Kampf, curator of Mineral Sciences at the Natural History Museum (the words History Museum= link to the article this is about) of Los Angeles County (NHM)."This mineral was never known in nature until scientists discovered it recently."The meteorite containing krotile is called NWA 1934 CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. Chondrites are primitive meteorites that scientists think were remnants shed from the original building blocks of planets. Most meteorites found on Earth fit into this group."Scientists now say that "studying this mineral and other components of the ancient meteorite are essential for understanding the origins of the solar system."