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The World's Rarest Mineral Is So Rare It's Only Ever Been Found Once
(www.sciencealert.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2024
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Surly we can just manufacture it with some fancy tech now?
FTA:
"mineralogists were able to relate the stone to synthetic BiSbO4 – bismuth antimonate – though with the formula Bi3+Sb5+O4, an arrangement never before found in nature."
So we've already KINDA done it, just with less Bi+Sb.
It's the only known natural occurrence of a mineral that (as it happens) has also been synthesized. Many minerals are available as exact synthetics. Diamond is an example.
So then why the fuck would anyone give a shit then. Who cares if we made it or some natural proccess made it? its the same shit (well maybe except some isotopes but thats mostly irrelevant).
Because that’s how learning works? If nobody ever gave a shit we’d never advance or learn anything.
I was more referring to what i assume would be an extreme price.
Because it is a rare 1 of 1 natural gemstone.
I think these downvotes misunderstood what you were saying.
Because it's clear to me what you meant was, "then why do people still care if their diamond is natural or synthetic?" Which is a fantastic question. If I ever bought a diamond, which I won't because moissanite exists, but if I did, it would have to be synthetic.
Yep
It seems like we don't know how it was made in nature, so probably not. We can't replicate the process until we figure out what it is
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