Rare alien mineral found

Michael 345 said:
SCIENTISTS have discovered “alien” minerals at the site of a prehistoric meteor strike on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye

http://www.news.com.au/technology/s...s/news-story/99e0492793117e191428c7021ad97285

Nibbler strikes again ......... :)
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Very interesting!
If it is the blue colored mineral in the photo, I wonder what the spidery formation is that appears on the larger samples? Are they just cracks or is it growth of something that "likes" this mineral?
It definitely looks like a growth pattern to me, but.......?
 
Write4U said:
Very interesting!
If it is the blue colored mineral in the photo, I wonder what the spidery formation is that appears on the larger samples? Are they just cracks or is it growth of something that "likes" this mineral?
It definitely looks like a growth pattern to me, but.......?
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Sorry no idea. Looking for more information. No luck so far
I'm going to call it UBO (Unidentified Buried Object)

:)
 
Michael 345 said:
Sorry no idea. Looking for more information. No luck so far
I'm going to call it UBO (Unidentified Buried Object)

:)
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Specifically, the team found osbornite, which had previously been collected as space dust on a NASA mission. Initially, the scientists thought that they were looking at a volcanic flow deposit called ignimbrite but when they used an electron microprobe they found the rare space material.
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Apparently it is called osbornite, which would be the yellow appearing mineral, and seems to have been found in several other places on earth, thus my question is moot.
https://www.mindat.org/min-3035.html
 
RADII said:
Fracture lines / faults it seems to me.
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Possibly, but I discovered that the blue objects are not the rare element. It is the yellow object and it is not unique as it has been found elsewhere on earth, just never in Scotland. It is called Osbornite;
OsborniteSmall.jpg


Chemical Formula:TiN
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 61.89 gm
Titanium 77.37 % Ti
Nitrogen 22.63 % N
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100.00 %
 
Write4U said:
Possibly, but I discovered that the blue objects are not the rare element. It is the yellow object and it is not unique as it has been found elsewhere on earth, just never in Scotland. It is called Osbornite;
OsborniteSmall.jpg


Chemical Formula:TiN
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 61.89 gm
Titanium 77.37 % Ti
Nitrogen 22.63 % N
____________
100.00 %
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Yes Titanium nitride. A mineral not found on Earth due to the oxidative conditions that prevail here.
 
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