New Mineral Discovered in Moon Meteorite

zuikaku writes "There are several reports of the discovery of a new mineral in a lunar meteorite found in Oman. The new mineral, hapkeite, is named for Bruce Hapke, the scientist who predicted 30 years ago that such a mineral would exist. The mineral only forms on the moon due to impacts from meteroites that are too small to impact the Earth (they would burn up in our atmosphere). The small impacts melt lunar rocks and create a mineral vapor which then collects on other rocks."