China announces discovery of two new lunar minerals

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China announced on Friday it had discovered two new lunar minerals, state media reported. The minerals were discovered from the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The Chang'e-5 mission returned to Earth in December 2020, bringing home some 1,731 grammes of lunar samples from Oceanus Procellarum — China's first lunar samples — and