Deciphering history of the moon

Scientist have discovered that the mineral, stishovite which helps in determining the size of past meteorite impact as it forms only at high temperature and pressure of the meteorite impact, was also found in the moon rocks bought by Apollo 15 mission... They are hoping to deconstruct the history of the moon from this discovery.
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http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/content/100/5-6/1308.abstract

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