Portal:Minerals/Did you know/7


 * ... that while bultfonteinite (pictured) was discovered as early as 1903, the mineral wasn't described until 1932?
 * ... that the minerals armalcolite, pyroxferroite and tranquillityite were discovered in lunar rocks?
 * ... that taaffeite, one of the world's rarest gemstones, is the first mineral known to contain both beryllium and magnesium as essential components?
 * ... that the newly discovered mineral krotite likely was one of the earliest minerals formed in the Solar System?