Space "Egg," Meteorite Yield All-New Minerals
Minerals date to birth of solar system.
May 19, 2011
Two new minerals that formed during the birth of our solar system have
been found inside meteorites, new research shows. The new discoveries—krotite and wassonite—are particularly exciting
for scientists, who have found only about 60 minerals that can be traced to the solar system's beginnings 4.5 billion years
ago.