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This image shows a fragment of the D'Orbigny meteorite. Image credit: Jon Taylor / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kuratite: New Mineral Discovered in Meteorite

Mar 21, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

The stony meteorite D’Orbigny is the source of a newly discovered mineral, kuratite. Its name honors Dr Gero Kurat (1938-2009), a world-renowned meteorite...