Rare Crystal That Could Give Limitless Power To Earth Found On Moon
By- Shivanshi Srivastava
A rare crystal was discovered on the moon. Scientists hope that it will forever provide limitless power to the world
Crystal is composed of Helium-3, a heavier isotope of helium that naturally occurs in the earth's crust but is now becoming incredibly rare on our planet.
China has discovered a new mineral on the moon named Changesite-(Y)
Researchers carefully separated the mineral from more than 140,000 tiny particles before analysing it using a variety of cutting-edge mineralogical techniques
The new mineral has properties that can be used on Earth is still unknown
The characteristics of phosphate, an element that is present on Earth and is necessary for plant growth, but it's properties in crystal are still unknown
Chinese researchers have discovered and named the first lunar mineral, Changesite-(Y), which belongs to the class of lunar merrillite
After United States and Russia, China is the third country in the world to accomplish this feat
Researchers manually separated the mineral sample, which had a single-crystalline particle with a diameter of 10 microns