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Seifertite

Alright kiddo, today we're going to talk about a mineral called seifertite!

Seifertite is a type of mineral that is very hard and rare. It's made up of a substance called silicon dioxide, which is the same material that makes up sand and glass.

Now, seifertite is really special because it can only be found in one place: meteorites that have crashed into Earth. These meteorites come from outer space and are made up of all sorts of different materials.

Scientists study seifertite because it tells us a lot about what the conditions were like when the meteorite was formed. For example, seifertite can only form under very high temperatures and pressures, so if we find it in a meteorite, we know that something really intense happened when that meteorite was formed.

So there you have it, seifertite is a really rare and special mineral that can only be found in meteorites from outer space, and it tells us a lot about the history of those meteorites!
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