There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite ( ...

Deep in the Myanmar Mogok region, a tiny reddish-orange crystal sat unnoticed. To the untrained eye, it seemed like many ...

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Did you know that some minerals are so rare, they’ve only been discovered once? Surprised? Well, it’s true! Kyawthuite is one such mineral. It is a tiny crystal from Myanmar that has confused ...

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