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Daily Mirror
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Milica Cosic

EXPLAINED: Two never before seen minerals found inside giant meteorite that fell to earth from space - The Real Truth

A giant meteorite that crashed into Earth has been found to contain two minerals that have never before been detected on Earth.

A team of researchers in Canada came across the find while studying a meteorite that crashed in Somalia in 2020.

The 3,000lb (1360.777 kilogram) space rock has now been called Nightfall, and holds the record for being the ninth-largest meteorite ever discovered.

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