{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T08:34:25Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 17.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094bf-c0c7-75a3-a35c-bd5bd919e0de\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Research abstract](https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148784)", "Require a crystallographic match to an authoritative changesite-(Y) reference, rather than identifying any calcium-yttrium phosphate by composition alone.", "Resolve site occupancy and naming criteria against close neighbours, including magnesiochangesite-(Y) and changesite-(Ce), whose recognition makes generic merrillite-group identification insufficient. [CNSA announcement](https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465652/n6465653/c10743249/content.html)", "Separate analyses of the candidate grain from adjacent phases; a mixed analytical volume must not be interpreted as the composition of one species.", "Use documented occurrence in Chang'e-5 basalt fragments as provenance evidence, not a necessary condition for species identity. [Research abstract](https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148784)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Species assignment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "candidate | supported | confirmed against cited criteria | rejected | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents preliminary identification from becoming an authoritative registry assertion." }, { "name": "Measured mineral composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Element or oxide wt.%, analytical totals, uncertainties and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Tests chemical compatibility and exposes contamination or mixed-phase measurements." }, { "name": "Normalized formula and site occupancy", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Atoms per formula unit and site fractions, with normalization basis and vacancy estimates", "why_it_matters": "Connects measured chemistry to species-defining substitutions and vacancy requirements." }, { "name": "Iron oxidation-state evidence", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "directly measured | inferred from charge balance | assumed | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Keeps evidence for the ideal formula's Fe2+ distinct from total iron measurement." }, { "name": "Crystallographic identification", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Space group, unit-cell lengths in Å, angles in degrees, refinement statistics and reference identifier", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes a structural match from chemical resemblance." }, { "name": "Grain dimensions and analytical isolation", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Grain dimensions and beam interaction dimensions in µm; inclusion or host overlap recorded", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether an analysis represents the candidate mineral alone." }, { "name": "Specimen provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Grain → mount or fragment → parent sample → collection record", "why_it_matters": "Makes the identification traceable to physical material and its geological context." }, { "name": "Preservation condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Intact | fractured | altered | coated | embedded | partly consumed; multiple values permitted", "why_it_matters": "Constrains subsequent analysis and interpretation." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare a candidate phosphate grain with cited changesite-(Y) identification criteria.", "Calculate a normalized formula while exposing assumptions about iron valence and vacancies.", "Select grain regions suitable for chemistry and diffraction without host-phase overlap.", "Link analytical results to the exact grain, parent sample and preparation history.", "Rank follow-up analyses by identification value and expected material consumption.", "Flag unsupported species, occurrence or resource claims for review." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe changesite-(Y) and its discovery in returned lunar samples from published scientific sources.", "Report its composition and the mission that returned the sample, citing the description." ], "must_not": [ "Offer, sell or present any material as changesite-(Y) or lunar sample without documented provenance.", "Overstate its value as a resource beyond published evidence.", "Present unpublished or speculative data about it as confirmed." ], "requires_human": [ "Any request involving access to or loan of returned lunar material." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Returned lunar samples are scarce scientific heritage held by space agencies.", "Fake lunar material defrauds buyers and pollutes the record." ], "affected_parties": [ "Researchers", "The public whose agencies fund sample return", "Buyers misled by fakes" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The space agency that returned and curates the sample.", "master_systems": [ "Sample curation catalogues of the returning agency" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Not visible to the eye; microscopic colourless crystals found in lunar basalt grains.", "Identified only by microanalysis and diffraction in a laboratory." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Contamination or loss of tiny grains destroys irreplaceable evidence." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Changesite-(Y) is encountered in specialist mineralogical research on lunar basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-5 mission.", "Its composition and crystal structure contribute evidence for interpreting lunar mineral formation and the distribution of elements in lunar rocks.", "Work with this mineral centers on authenticated specimens, analytical records and preservation of scarce sample material." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Mineral species approval and nomenclature are governed by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association, which approved changesite-(Y) as a mineral species." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q113862335: changesite-(Y)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113862335", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Changesite-(Y)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changesite-%28Y%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "species-boundary", "name": "Species boundary", "description": "Define what evidence supports assigning a grain to changesite-(Y).", "rationale": "A missing registry definition must be replaced by an evidence-based mineral boundary.", "layers": [ { "id": "authoritative-identity", "name": "Authoritative identity", "description": "Anchor the name and species criteria to mineralogical references.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-reference", "name": "Name and reference", "description": "Record the authoritative species description, approval record and reference material used for identification.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which published description and IMA-CNMNC record establish the accepted name and diagnostic criteria?", "kind": "definition", "id": "name-and-reference-q01" }, { "text": "Which reference specimen or crystallographic dataset underlies this assignment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "name-and-reference-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbour-discrimination", "name": "Neighbour discrimination", "description": "Resolve chemically or structurally similar phosphates.", "findings": [ { "id": "species-versus-group", "name": "Species versus group", "description": "Require species-level evidence beyond a merrillite-group match.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which site-occupancy criteria distinguish changesite-(Y) from magnesiochangesite-(Y), changesite-(Ce) and other relevant phosphates?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "species-versus-group-q01" }, { "text": "Do the available measurements support the species name, or only a broader group assignment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "species-versus-group-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-vacancies", "name": "Composition and vacancies", "description": "Represent actual grain chemistry without confusing it with ideal stoichiometry.", "rationale": "Substitutions, valence assumptions and analytical mixing can change the species interpretation.", "layers": [ { "id": "grain-chemistry", "name": "Grain chemistry", "description": "Capture spatially resolved calcium, phosphorus, yttrium, iron and substituent measurements.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-analysis", "name": "Representative analysis", "description": "Treat composition as a measurement of a documented grain region with uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "What Ca, P, Y, Fe, Mg, Na and individual rare-earth concentrations were measured, with detection limits?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-analysis-q01" }, { "text": "Could adjacent minerals, inclusions, coatings or compositional zoning explain the reported chemistry?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "representative-analysis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "formula-interpretation", "name": "Formula interpretation", "description": "Separate measured chemistry from calculated occupancy and charge balance.", "findings": [ { "id": "occupancy-and-valence", "name": "Occupancy and valence", "description": "Preserve the assumptions and uncertainties behind the normalized formula.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which normalization basis and site-allocation rules were used to calculate atoms per formula unit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "occupancy-and-valence-q01" }, { "text": "Are Fe2+ and vacancies independently supported, inferred from charge balance or merely assumed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "occupancy-and-valence-q02" }, { "text": "Would another plausible valence or occupancy interpretation change the species assignment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "occupancy-and-valence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "structure-and-grain-integrity", "name": "Structure and grain integrity", "description": "Connect crystal-structure evidence to the physical region actually examined.", "rationale": "Chemical compatibility cannot establish the crystal structure or exclude an intergrowth.", "layers": [ { "id": "diffraction-evidence", "name": "Diffraction evidence", "description": "Document the structural match and its limitations.", "findings": [ { "id": "reference-structure-match", "name": "Reference structure match", "description": "Compare observed diffraction with a cited reference under recorded measurement conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which measured reflections, cell parameters and symmetry constraints support the changesite-(Y) assignment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reference-structure-match-q01" }, { "text": "Which reference dataset was used, and could another phosphate structure fit within the measurement uncertainty?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "reference-structure-match-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "analytical-volume", "name": "Analytical volume", "description": "Determine whether chemistry and structure describe the same mineral domain.", "findings": [ { "id": "single-domain-evidence", "name": "Single-domain evidence", "description": "Relate grain geometry, inclusions and damage to measurement validity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the grain dimensions and phase boundaries relative to the beam footprint and interaction depth?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "single-domain-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Were chemical and structural measurements made on the same domain, and how was that correspondence established?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "single-domain-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Do fractures, alteration or preparation damage require another measurement region?", "kind": "action", "id": "single-domain-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "occurrence-and-interpretation", "name": "Occurrence and interpretation", "description": "Preserve specimen context while keeping geological interpretations conditional.", "rationale": "The mineral can inform lunar petrology only when its host relationships and provenance remain 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crystallization or later modification.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which neighbouring phases and contact textures are documented around this grain?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "formation-inference-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports late crystallization, liquid immiscibility, shock modification or another formation interpretation for this specimen?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "formation-inference-q02" }, { "text": "Which conclusions belong to the host rock or sample assemblage rather than to changesite-(Y) itself?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "formation-inference-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "analysis-and-preservation", "name": "Analysis and preservation", "description": "Choose useful measurements while accounting for specimen condition and consumption.", "rationale": "A small grain can lose its remaining identification or contextual value through poorly chosen preparation.", "layers": [ { "id": "measurement-selection", "name": "Measurement selection", "description": "Match the next analysis to a specific unresolved identification question.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-gain-and-consumption", "name": "Evidence gain and consumption", "description": "Compare proposed measurements by discrimination power, spatial resolution and material cost.", "questions": [ { "text": "Would additional diffraction, chemical mapping or valence analysis resolve the present ambiguity?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-gain-and-consumption-q01" }, { "text": "What grain volume or surface would the method consume or modify, and what reference material would remain?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "evidence-gain-and-consumption-q02" }, { "text": "Does the specimen allocation permit the proposed preparation and destructive analysis?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-gain-and-consumption-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-handling", "name": "Condition and handling", "description": "Document preparation effects and evidence-based handling constraints.", "findings": [ { "id": "preservation-envelope", "name": "Preservation envelope", "description": "Record observed stability and distinguish mineral-specific evidence from host dust, resin or reagent hazards.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which storage, coating, polishing, irradiation or heating conditions has this grain experienced?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "preservation-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "What changes in chemistry or structure have been observed after preparation or analysis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "preservation-envelope-q02" }, { "text": "Which handling restrictions have documented support for this specimen, and which hazard or stability properties remain unknown?", "kind": "action", "id": "preservation-envelope-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against 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] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "IMA mineral nomenclature", "value_or_pattern": "Changesite-(Y)", "note": "The suffix -(Y) identifies yttrium as the dominant element in the relevant rare-earth-element site." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of changesite-(Y) this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The International Mineralogical Association's Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification approves new mineral species and their names." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of changesite-(Y) this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Scientific investigation of lunar phosphate mineralogy and the evolution of lunar basalt." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of changesite-(Y) this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Lunar basalt", "difference": "Basalt is the host rock containing multiple mineral species; changesite-(Y) is a distinct mineral constituent." }, { "name": "Yttrium phosphate", "difference": "Changesite-(Y) is a specific calcium-bearing mineral species defined by composition and crystal structure, rather than simply the compound YPO4." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of changesite-(Y) this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "What are the authoritative IMA identifier, type-material repository and current species-defining site-occupancy rules?", "Which validated crystallographic reference and diagnostic reflections best separate changesite-(Y) from its closest phosphate neighbours?", "What compositional variation, zoning and substitution ranges are documented without crossing a species boundary?", "Which thermal, chemical and beam-exposure stability limits have actually been measured, and which physical constants remain unavailable?", "Do mineral-specific CAS, EC, PubChem or hazard records 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