Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:11:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: new mineral discovered
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

- On Wed, 4/6/11, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:=0A=0A>> This story has e=
verything an old pulp fan could want:=0A>> =0A>> http://www.livescience.com=
/13581-antarctic-meteorite-mineral-wassonite.html=0A=0A> But what *was* the=
 mineral? What it an odd member of the=0A> platinum group? =0A=0ANope.  Tit=
anium and sulfur.=0A=0A"Wassonite is a mineral formed from only two element=
s, =0Asulfur and titanium, yet it possesses a unique crystal =0Astructure t=
hat has not been previously observed in nature" =0A=0A> And can I get hold =
of some of it...?=0A=0AProbably not.=0A=0A"The new mineral found in the 4.5=
-billion-year-old =0Ameteorite was tiny =E2=80=94 less than one-hundredth a=
s wide =0Aas a human hair."=0A=0A=Tamar