Chang’e-5 sample has high-titanium content and rare earth elements

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Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have analysed a Chang’e-5 sample and discovered it to be “a relatively rare high-titanium mare basalt enriched with rare earth elements”. According to the published study, the Chang’e-5 basalt sample CE5C0000YJYX065 “is a high-Ti mare basalt with a rare earth element (REE) enriched signature.”
Credit: China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)
Mineral chemistry and 3D tomography of a chang’E 5 high-Ti basalt: implication for the lunar thermal evolution history
Yun Jiang, Ye Li, Shiyong Liao, Zongjun Yin, Weibiao Hsu
Science Bulletin, DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.12.006