Kuratite, named for Dr. Gero Kurat (1938–2009), meteorite researcher and Curator of the Meteorite Collection at the
Vienna Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide.
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, was first recognized as a new mineral by the
Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification in 2014 from a small
meteorite
A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...
sample.
References
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Mineralienatlas
Aluminium minerals
Inosilicates
Triclinic minerals
Minerals in space group 2
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