uakitite
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thumb|Uakitite (VN) within the meteorite Uakitite is a mineral found in a single meteorite on Earth, called the Uakit meteorite, that fell in the Bauntovsky Evenkiysky District, in Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It was named after the region in which it was found, .
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thumb|Uakitite (VN) within the meteorite Uakitite is a mineral found in a single meteorite on Earth, called the Uakit meteorite, that fell in the Bauntovsky Evenkiysky District, in Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It was named after the region in which it was found, .
Uakitite is composed of vanadium nitride, a chemical compound of vanadium and nitrogen with formula VN.
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