The discovery of the very rare rock mineral yttrium
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Scientists of the Ural Federal University of Mining discovered for the first time a very rare mineral, which is the unique rock mineral yttrium, which consists of chemical elements that practically do not exist together in nature .
The rarest metal in nature
Ural scientists curiously look at pictures of thin crystalline filaments, not believing that they have a rare discovery in front of them in the world.
The rock mineral ytterium is considered one of the rarest minerals in nature, as scientists have found only three samples of it throughout history, and this sample is the first in Russia only.
The rock mineral yttrium
This rare mineral was discovered in rock samples extracted in the 1990s from the famous Mednorodiansky deposit for malachite extraction, but at that time scientists did not recognize it because there was no way to identify this rare mineral.
The rock mineral yttrium resembles dull green spruce branches, unfortunately it cannot be seen in nature with the naked eye, but when magnified several times with good lighting it can be seen clearly.
Scientific importance of the mineral
Scientists say that this mineral has a purely scientific importance, as it can be used to understand the intermediate stages of metal formation in the earth's crust, but due to the presence of ytterium in its composition, it has become of commercial importance, because it is the basis for many electronic components and devices, and the main hope is to search for a conductor . Super "material of the future".
The discovery of commercial quantities of the rare metal
It is worth noting that China extracts 97 percent of the world's ytterium and Russia 1 percent, so scientists hope to discover commercial quantities of it in malachite deposits in Russia.
?What are rock minerals
Rock minerals are formations that contain a group of rocks that exist in nature, and are an essential part in the composition of the earth's crust, and accordingly, the rock has a distinctive feature that separates it from another rock and makes it a self-contained unit.
Rocks differ from each other in terms of the types of constituent minerals and the relationship of these minerals to each other in the same rock.
The rocks are sands that were deposited and matched with each other, and after several years this formation of rocks was formed. For each type of rock, there are mud rocks that were deposited by rain water, while sedimentary rocks were formed by water waves, and finally igneous rocks that were formed from lava thrown by volcanoes. Rock formation is a geological process that takes long periods of time and occurs through multiple stages.
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