China’s Chang’e-6 samples hold a pure form of iron never before found in lunar samples
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“Soil collected from the Moon's far side by the Chang'e-6 mission contains pure gamma-iron, a form of the metal never previously identified in lunar samples. This unique iron is capable of retaining a magnetic record.”
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