Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
In Basalt on the moon
- Type locality
- Statio Tianchuan
- Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms)
- The Moon
43.0572°, -51.9156°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- #85
- Cell parameters
- a = 10.3957(4) Å · c = 37.207(2) Å
- Type-locality form
columnar morphology, with a crystal length of ∼2 to 30 µm.
Synonyms
- Changesiet-(Y)
- IMA2022-023
In other languages
- French
- changesite–(Y)
- German
- Changesit-(Y) · IMA 2022-023a
- Italian
- Changesite- · changesite-(Y)
- Portuguese
- Changesite- · Changesite-(Y)
- Japanese
- 嫦娥石
- Chinese
- 嫦娥石
- Simplified Chinese
- 嫦娥石
- Traditional Chinese
- 嫦娥石
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.AC
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.APhosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2ODivision
- 8.ACWith medium-sized and large cationsGroup
- 8.ACChangesite-(Y)Species
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2022Anonymous (2022) China Focus: Chinese scientists discover new lunar mineral. News.cn. Xinhua. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- 2022Zaho, Lei (2022) Chinese scientists discover new mineral on the moon. chinadaily.com.cn. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- 2022Tamim, Baba (2022) China claims discovery of a new mineral on the moon for the first time. Interesting Engineering. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- 2022Anonymous (2022) China discovers new mineral on Moon. The Hepburn Advocate. Australian Associated Press. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- 2022Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 69. European Journal of Mineralogy, 34 (5) 463-468 doi:10.5194/ejm-34-463-2022 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-463-2022
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Changesite-(Y) — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/changesite-y-470369},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}