A team of researchers in Canada have discovered two new minerals after analyzing a slice of a 15-ton meteorite found in Somalia. Host Marco Werman speaks with University of Alberta professor Chris Herd, whose team identified the new minerals that had previously been synthesized in a lab, but never before seen in nature.
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