Talk:Krotite

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Did you know... that the newly discovered mineral krotite likely was one of the earliest minerals formed in the Solar System?

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The lierature for the long known as a synthetic materialshould be mentioned.--Stone (talk) 19:35, 15 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

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