"The samples from asteroid 25143 Itokawa include not only ordinary chondrite material but also cubanite, a copper-iron-sulfide rare in the meteorite record and likely formed on a different parent body"

https://astronomycommunity.nature.com/posts/finding-unexpected-phases-in-samples-returned-from-asteroid-itokawa

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Finding unexpected phases in samples returned from asteroid Itokawa

The samples from asteroid 25143 Itokawa include not only ordinary chondrite material but also cubanite, a copper-iron-sulfide rare in the meteorite record and likely formed on a different parent body