Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:13:09 -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  wrote:=0A=0A>> This story has everything an old pul=
p fan could want:=0A>>=0A>> http://www.livescience.com/13581-antarctic-mete=
orite-mineral-wassonite.html=0A=0A> But what *was* the mineral? What it an =
odd member of the=0A> platinum group?=0A=0ANope.  Titanium and sulfur.=0A=
=0A"Wassonite is a mineral formed from only two elements,=0Asulfur and tita=
nium, yet it possesses a unique crystal=0Astructure that has not been previ=
ously observed in nature"=0A=0A> And can I get hold of some of it...?=0A=0A=
Probably not.=0A=0A"The new mineral found in the 4.5-billion-year-old=0Amet=
eorite was tiny =E2=80=94 less than one-hundredth as wide=0Aas a human hair=
."=0A=0A=Tamar