New mineral found in Congo

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It is claimed that in this new mineral, which somehow holds an electric charge.
And users demonstrate this by rubbing them against each other and creating sparks, as well as connecting them with wires, which, as it turns out, power LEDs.

Supposedly discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, these stones have generated considerable interest, as such a stone is likely to change batteries and energy storage systems forever.

"We don't know of any mechanism that would support such a phenomenon," Yaoguo Li, a geophysics professor at the Colorado School of Mines, told the AP.

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