The revelation came from the analysis of a lunar meteorite. Western University researchers found water-bearing apatite mineral in a sample of the Moon's early crust. "The discovery of apatite in ...

A. Apatite (calcium triphosphate): This mineral makes up the bones and teeth of vertebrates and the shells of inarticulate brachiopods. Calcium phosphate looks chalky when new, but can darken to black ...

which revealed that it contains an abundance of minerals such as zircon, apatite and rutile. Researchers discovered that the mineral makeup matched that of rocks from the Orcadian Basin ...