- Scientists have analysed the Wedderburn meteorite and verified the first natural occurrence of a mineral called 'edscottite‘.
- Edscottie is a rare form of iron-carbide mineral that’s never been found in nature.
- Earlier analysis of the meteorite have revealed traces of gold and iron, along with rarer minerals such as kamacite, schreibersite, taenite, and troilite.
- The edscottite mineral is named in honour of meteorite expert and cosmochemist Edward Scott from the University of Hawaii.