The World's Rarest Mineral Is So Rare It's Only Ever Been Found Once [In Myanmar]
The World's Rarest Mineral Is So Rare It's Only Ever Been Found Once [In Myanmar]
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There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22607469
"It's called kyawthuite (cha-too-ite), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 carats). On first glance, you might mistaken it for amber or topaz; but the unassuming mineral speck has value beyond measure."
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And here i was, thinking it was Unobtanium.
Chances are it was discovered on American or Chinese or Russian territory (depending on who you talk to) .... which happened to be in Myanmar