A material previously unknown to science has been discovered in a meteorite that struck Mexico some 40 years ago. The substance, named panguite, could be among the oldest minerals formed in the solar system.
The Allende meteorite exploded in the skies above Mexico in 1969, scattering its chemically-enriched guts over the state of Chihuahua. It's the largest carbonaceous chondrite (a class of primitive meteorites) found on Earth, and is one of the best-studied space rocks in history.
By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-06/27/meteorite-mineral-panguite
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