China declare discovery of new moon mineral from lunar rock samples

Rock and dust samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 moon mission in 2020 have spurred the discovery of a new mineral, named Changesite-, officials announced on Friday. Photo: Chinese National Space Agency Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Centre.Chinese scientists have discovered a new mineral on the moon, making China the third nation after the United States and Russia to have discovered a lunar mineral, officials reported on Friday .

Changesite- is a phosphate mineral found in lunar basalts and the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association has confirmed it as a new mineral, according to information presented at the conference.

Meanwhile, Wang added that the research team had for the first time measured the concentration of a future fusion energy source , in the lunar sample. The Chang’e-5 mission returned to Earth in December 2020 with about 1.73kg of rock samples from both the surface and from 2 metres under the ground of a high volcanic region on the near side of the moon where the spacecraft landed.

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