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 said Thursday. Named after Apollo 11’s 1969 landing site at the Sea of Tranquillity, 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.