Meteorite Strike Creates New Type of Mineral

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 25, 2003 @06:05PM from the smashing-folks-smashing dept.

Ridgelift writes "Chinese researchers have discovered a new mineral created by a meteorite strike. A new form of chromite was discovered in the shock veins formed by the impact of the Suizhou meteorite. 'The shock of the impact created temperatures of about 2000C and pressures like those at 600 kilometres below the Earth.' Researcher Professor Hugh O'Neill says 'This potentially gives us clues to the orbital velocities of two bodies that come together to produce these shock collisions.' Along with the rare find, the researchers who discovered the new mineral get to name it."

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My nomination for a name... by Pyromage · 2003-11-25 18:09 · Score: 0, Redundant

Kryptonite!
Naquadah? by Kris_J · 2003-11-25 18:48 · Score: 0, Redundant

Hey, if you bang rocks together enough, do you think you'd ever end up with Naquadah?
a mineral caused by meteorites,mmm let's see by Carmelia · 2003-11-25 18:56 · Score: 0, Redundant

Kryptonite
That would be a cool and totally original name!