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Scientists have found a new mineral in Victoria, Australia, which has never been discovered in the wild.
Scientists believe that this metal was formed long ago in the melted subsoil of an old planet before its destruction, according to the Australian newspaper "The Age".
The piece of metal, the size of a lemon, was found in the meteorite "Wiederburn", fallen in 1951. It was placed at the State Museum of Victoria after careful scrutiny.
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have analyzed the meteorite "Wiederbern" as part of a new study conducted by the Kai metals specialist, where they investigated the first existence of a metal called "Edescutite" in nature, according to the site "Science Alert".
This metal is a rare form of ferrous carbide mineral that has never been found in nature before.
Research on meteoritic rocks has revealed the presence of gold and iron residues, as well as rare minerals such as camacet, shripresite, tainet and troylite.
The metal was named Ediscotite in honor of Edward Scott, a meteorologist at the University of Hawaii, which discovery is important because it has never been confirmed naturally.
This type of metal was manufactured using an artificial process known many decades ago, including the dissolution of iron.
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