Davemaoite is a new mineral that has never been observed in nature before. The reason for this is that it is a lower mantle mineral which would typically fall apart once out of a high pressured environment.

Link to article by UNLV

https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/research-brief-first-ever-interior-earth-mineral-discovered-nature

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