An article appears online in the Sydney Morning Herald today by Ben Grubb
entitled "Rare moon mineral found in Australia" regarding a paper that has appeared
in the journal
Geology.
Abstract of paper here -
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/40/1/83.abstract
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Ben Grubb, Sydney Morning Herald
Australian scientists have discovered a rare mineral previously known only to be found in lunar rock samples and used it to date an Earth rock which formed over a billion years ago.
Named tranquillityite after the Sea of Tranquility, where astronauts landed on the Moon in 1969, researchers discovered the substance in rocks collected from six sites in Western Australia.
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Story here -
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...#ixzz1iT4UIxRu