The official names for the new minerals are elaliite ... "elaliite" honours the fact that the meteorite was unearthed in the district of El Ali in Somalia, and "elkinstantonite" is named after ...

“The very first day he did some analyses, he said, ‘You’ve got at least two new minerals ... “El Ali” meteorite since it was found near the town of El Ali in central Somalia.

One of the new minerals is called Elaliite and comes from the space object itself, which is called the “El Ali” meteorite since it was found near the town of El Ali in central Somalia.

The process of identifying a new mineral requires researchers ... a town about 200 kilometres north of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the meteorite (known by finders in the field as “Nightfall ...

Researchers in Canada have discovered two new minerals in a meteorite that landed in east Africa’s Somalia in 2020. The 15-tonne El Ali meteorite is the ninth largest celestial rock found on ...

“Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the ... dubbed the “El Ali” meteorite because it was found near El Ali, in Somalia. Herd named the second mineral after distinguished ...

However, in 2020 a meteorite fell in Somalia and was handed over to researchers ... Typically it takes quite some time for scientists to confirm a new mineral, but the process was sped up as ...

"Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the actual ... The minerals came from a nearly 2.5-ounce slice of the meteorite, which was discovered in Somalia in 2020 and is the ninth-largest ...

“The very first day he did some analyses, he said, ‘You’ve got at least two new minerals in there ... which is called the “El Ali” meteorite since it was found near the town of El Ali in central ...