A Siberian Meteorite Revealed a New Mineral Never Seen on the Earth: UAKITITE (WHA-KA-TITE)

Uakitite is composed of vanadium nitride with formula VN. While the majority of the meteorite is composed of iron and nickel, a small percentage of the meteorite contains minerals that are only found in space, including uakitite.

BGRAs Russian gold hunters sifted through rocks they came across something entirely more valuable, a meteorite found to host an alien mineral we have yet to document.
The mineral was found in the Uakit meteorite, which was named for the tiny town in eastern Russia where it was found. There are over 4,000 documented minerals found both on Earth and in space. The mineral uakitite can be added to that list, a mineral never found before on Earth and born under extreme temperatures in space.

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