So bizarre compounds but no changes to the Periodic table?
I think the elements are identifiable. I guess that such identifiable elements were formed into the never-before-seen compounds is what makes it so startling.
For example: “…And a compound consisting mainly of phosphorus and nickel, with no iron - a mineral composition never seen before, not on Earth, and not in extraterrestrial materials…”
I guess no one knows of a technique for creating that compound? Or no one knows how such a mineral compound could be formed naturally under geologic forces? (If I’m even saying that right) Because such examples have not been found on anything nor anywhere else on earth; nor in recovered samples from the moon; nor in other recovered meteorites…?
“So bizarre compounds but no changes to the Periodic table?”
No. That would be impossible, really.
The compounds are not unknown elements, but in forms not seen. They mentioned aluminum for example in a form not found on earth.