Rare Moon mineral found in Australia ( Moon rocks contents have been on Earth )

[lovuian]

Last edited Sun Jan 8, 2012, 08:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Rare Moon mineral found in Australia
A mineral brought back to Earth by the first men on the Moon and long thought to be unique to the lunar surface has been found in Australian rocks more than one billion years old, scientists say.

Named after Apollo 11's 1969 landing site at the Sea of Tranquility, tranquillityite was one of three minerals first discovered in rocks from the Moon and the only one not to be found, in subsequent years, on Earth.

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When the Moon samples first came back Rasmussen said they were considered to be 'extremely precious' and had been subjected to intense, detailed study when - ironically - their contents were 'right here all the time'.

'They were always part of Earth, they haven't come from the Moon,' he said of his work on the discovery, published in the journal Geology.

Here is the link
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National/2012/01/06/Rare_Moon_mineral_found_in_Australia_704180.html

[n2doc]

1. link please n/t

[dipsydoodle]

2. google headline and Sydney Morning Herald.

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[lovuian]

3. Here is the link

so sorry

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National/2012/01/06/Rare_Moon_mineral_found_in_Australia_704180.html

[n2doc]

4. thanks!

I forget too sometimes.

[dipsydoodle]

5. I wasn't trying to be funny when I said google

I was using a tablet and don't know how to cut and paste with that.

This was the link I meant http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/rare-moon-mineral-found-in-australia-20120104-1pkmp.html