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Anorthite from
Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Anorthite
Formula:Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278519
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278519:6
GUID (UUID V4):a05d165c-8e97-45b0-8e4b-fec13dfb6fbf
Localities for Anorthite in this Region
Easy Chair Crater, Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Anorthite
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘEasy Chair Crater, Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a peridotite inclusion from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada, U.S.A. Steven C. Bergman Kenneth... Late Cenozoic alkali basaltic lavas of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (LCVF), located in the center...occurs in a basanite flow from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (LCVF), Nevada. The origin of the vein and host...wollastonite-enstatiteferrosalite, and albite-anorthite-orthoclase diagrams showing the compositions...lower crust and upper mantle beneath South Central Nevada. If this process is as extensive as expected from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic Field: A Case Study of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada C. Rasoazanamparany, E. Widom, G...Volcanic Field: A Case Study of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada, Chemical Geology (2015), doi: 10...Volcanic Field: A Case Study of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada 1 , E. WIDOM1*, G.A. VALENTINE2...Shideler Hall, Miami University Oxford, Ohio, 45056 USA 2 Department of Geology, 411 Cooke Hall, University...York, 14260 USA 3 Department of Geoscience, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
efficiency using mafic rock chemistries from Nevada, USA Daniel M. Sturmer, Regina N. Tempel, Jonathan...efficiency using mafic rock chemistries from Nevada, USA, Computers and Geosciences (2019), doi: https://doi...efficiency using mafic rock chemistries from 2 Nevada, USA 3 Daniel M. Sturmera,*,1, Regina N. Tempelb...Geology/Physics, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH, USA 45221-0013, USA, Daniel.Sturmer@uc.edu, +1 513 556 3718....University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA, gtempel@unr.edu. c Nevada Bureau of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mm have been describedfrom the Dish Hill and Lunar Crater localities (Wilshire et al., 1988),as have olivines...olivines as large as 50 x 50 mm from Lunar Crater, feldspars up to 30 mm from Cima Volcanic Field, and...an augite sample and a kaersutite sample from Lunar Crater and a feldspar from Valle de Santiago (Fig....for fassaite (Lofgen, 1990) and diopside and anorthite (Kirkpatrick et al., 1976), in melts of their...pseudobrookite (at Lunar phenocrystsin lava lakes and laccoliths. The above growth Crater). rates are therefore
Report (issue)
Southwest, the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah host Holocene volcanic eruption deposits...Patagonia, Argentina Hammond, Bill, University of Nevada, Reno Harburger, Aleeza, University of South Florida...Tampa, Florida Henry, Chris, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, Nevada Hintz, Amanda, Utah Geological...Salt Lake City, Utah Jackson, Christina, Coconino County Public Health Services District, Flagstaff, Arizona...Arizona Johnsen, Racheal, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Johnson, Peter, University at Buffalo, Buffalo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian...implications for estimating the water content of the lunar magma ocean. However, mechanisms unrelated to low...Hereafter we refer to these materials by their anorthite end-member mole fractions (An15, An47, An59, An71...olivine and amphibole in the case of Great Sitkin anorthite). The starting materials were characterized by...An91 to An95 has been reported for Great Sitkin anorthite (Larsen, 2005). Some variability in trace H and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Geochemistry of Hawaiite Lavas from Crater Flat, Nevada D.T. Vaniman, B.M. Crowe, and E.S. Gladney*...Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA Abstract. Hawaiite-type lavas were erupted in three...three cycles (3.7, 1.2, and 0.3 M.y.) at Crater Flat, Nevada. The compositions of all three cycles, considered...with low Rb/Sr. Introduction and Geologic Setting Crater Flat is an intermontane basin of moderate size...of Crater Flat, are collectively referred to as the basalts of Crater Flat. The basalts of Crater Flat
Journal (issue)
appear appear in sapphires from Yogo Gulch (Montana, USA) and in corundums corundums from metamorphic metamorphic...T. Cold Coldham, Sapphex Boulder, Co., Co., VSA USA analytical ham, Sapphex A.J., 1986. 1986. Polybaric...lava flow, Nye County, Nevada, USA John R. FĂŒhrbach, B.Sc., FGA, GG Amarillo, Texas, USA ABSTRACT: An...occurs near Black Rock Summit in east central Nevada, USA. The peridot was studied to determine chemical...as Kilbourne Hole (Volcano), Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA some 1126 km distant. Several identified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Remote detection of magmatic water in Bullialdus Crater on the Moon R. Klima1 *, J. Cahill1 , J. Hagerty2...Earth, laboratory analyses of igneous components of lunar samples have suggested that the Moon’s interior...hydroxyl have also been detected from orbit on the lunar surface, but these have been attributed to nonindigenous...solar wind. Magmatic lunar volatiles—evidence for water indigenous to the lunar interior—have not previously...and report that the central peak of Bullialdus Crater is significantly enhanced in hydroxyl relative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hybla, Ontario Amelia, Virginia Lunar Crater, Nevada Essex County, New York Oregon Sonora, Mexico Fuggoppe...authors Castle Creek, Idaho Fish Creek Mountains, Nevada Sheaville, Oregon Buckhorn, New Mexico Death Valley...Stuart Poona, India Lovelock, Nevada Union Pass, Arizona Yucca Mountain, Nevada Custer City, Idaho Tokaj Mountains...°C Hot Springs, Arkansas Crook County, Wyoming Yucca Mountain, Nevada Minerals Research Collected by...Albite Oligioclase Andesine Labradorite Bytownite Anorthite Anorthoclase Sanidine Orthoclase Microcline Amazonite
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1/km 2 and the height range is 15 m--260 m with crater rim diameters of from 175 m to 500 m (mean 280...decrease from 0.21 to 0.10 whilst the ratio of crater width to basal width increases from 0'.40 to 0...a 0.10, mientras que la relaci(Sn diametro del crater/di/tmetro en la base aumenta de 0.40 a 0.83. Tres...cones range in height from 15 m to 260 m, with crater rim diameters of from 175 m to 500 m (mean 280...9 3.5 3.5 7.5 2.5 3.3 3.3 4.9 16.7 Diameter of crater rim (m) Associated lava flow 200 425 250 200
Report (issue)
Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nevada By E. B. EKREN, R. E. ANDERSON, C. L. ROGERS...Devonian._____________________________________ Nevada Formation._________________________ Limestone and...Nellis Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nev__________________________________.._--_---_--_---_-..._____________ 25 4. Plot of normative albite-anorthite-orthoclase ratios of Monotony Tuff, tuff of White
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONFERENCE ON THE LUNAR HIGHLANDS CRUST AND NEW DIRECTIONS The mafic component of the lunar crust: Constraints...mantle and intrusive rock, and the mineralogy of lunar anorthosites† Sarah T. Crites1,*, Paul G. Lucey1...96822, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Most models of early lunar evolution predict that the anorthositic highlands...plagioclase flotation on a magma ocean. However, the lunar highlands crust typically contains 4 wt% FeO and...possible sources of excess mafic material in the lunar highlands: mafic (15 vol% mafic minerals) anorthosites
Report (issue)
mineral deposits to Tertiary volcanic centers in Nevada, by J.P. Albers and F. J. KleinhampL_______ Quaternary...and F. F. Wright___________ Rutile in the Harford County, Md., serpentinite belt, by Norman Herz and L...._____ Phosphate occurrences in Nye County and adjacent areas, Nevada, by C. L. Rogers, F. J. Kleinhampl...150 Astrogeolo·gy Lunar crater morphology and relative-age determination of lunar geologic units-Part...------------------Lunar crater morphology and relative-age determination of lunar geologic units-Part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carlé M. Pieters c,d a Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay...TX 77058, USA Department of Geological Science, University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79968, USA c Department...University, Providence, RI 02912, USA d NASA Lunar Science Institute, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article...of the lunar crust adjacent to the South PoleAitken Basin region that we have probed with Lunar Reconnaissance...Reconnaissance Orbiter, Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), and crater-scaling relationships. The composition of materials
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State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, USA Department of Earth and Planetary...Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...characterization are a high priority for upcoming lunar missions. Thus, we assess the potential for alteration...water-ice liberated during various impact events in the lunar polar regions. In this work, we estimate the maximum...compatible with near-surface chemical alteration in some lunar post-impact environments. While initial surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brook, New York, USA; 2 Present address: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; 3 Department...Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA Corresponding author: C. Ye (cheng.ye.1@stonybrook...series of compositions from albite (NaAlSi3O8) to anorthite (CaAl2Si2 O8) that indicates changing conditions...plagioclase composition varying from albite to anorthite (Nash & Salisbury, 1991; Salisbury et al., 1991)...returned Apollo samples reveal that the ancient lunar highlands are dominated by the anorthosite, a rock
Book
of Chicago 5734 S. Ellis Avenue Chicago IL 60637 USA Dr. WILLIAM L. BROWN CRPG Centre National de la Recherche...in knowledge of feldspars, particularly those in lunar rocks and meteorites, and in both deep-seated and...pressure had gone from my research programs on lunar rocks and on the development of the ion microprobe... . Crystal Structures and Domain Textures in Anorthite (100 to ",90% An) . . . . . . . . . . . e-Plagioclase...Sanidine Microcline High albite Low albite P-anorthite Celsian Reedmergneri te Buddingtonite 0.860 0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1988) © Meteoritical Society, 1988. Printed in USA Abstracts of the 51st Meeting of the Meteoritical...730-732. (7) Tang M., Anders E. and Zinner E. (1988) Lunar Planet. Sci. 19, 1177-1178. (8) Larimer J. W. and...'Oxford University, UK. 'University of Chicago, USA. "Max-Planck-Institut fiir Chemie, FGR. The low temperature...(1987) GCA 51,1857. (4)Alexander et at. (1988) Lunar Planet. Sci. 19, 5. (5) Yang and Epstein (1983)... Chicago, IL 60637-1433 USA. 'Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA. Matrices of primitive chondrites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geosciences Review The New Moon: Major Advances in Lunar Science Enabled by Compositional Remote Sensing...  Abstract: Volatile-bearing lunar surface and interior, giant magmatic-intrusion-laden...sample of the brand new perspectives gained in lunar science in the last decade. An armada of missions...nations and sophisticated analyses of the precious lunar samples have led to rapid evolution in the understanding...new findings, including evidence for water in the lunar interior. Fundamental insights have been obtained
Report (issue)
--VI-17. Composite sample 68-SAL-ll (Salt Lake Crater, Hawaii) --------------------------VI-18. Composite...types of inclusions. The margins of the Sierra Nevada batholith. Other important first and major step...determine the localities in the central Sierra Nevada include phlogopitenature and distribution of inclusions...rocks three types are spinel-facies of the Sierra Nevada. ultramafic rocks distinguished by different mineral...and W.B. Hamilton of the U.S. Rock Summit, Nevada (Lunar Crater volcanic field), a Geological Survey and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust and New Directions Spinel-rich lithologies in the lunar highland crust:...crust: Linking lunar samples with crystallization experiments and remote sensing† Juliane Gross1,3,*,...Road, Post 508B, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. 3 Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard...77058, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Mg-Al spinel is rare in lunar rocks (Apollo and meteorite collections), and occurs...and troctolitic cataclastites. Recently, a new lunar lithology, rich in spinel and plagioclase, and lacking
Report (issue)
Arizona volcanic field and from Dish Hill (Siberia Crater-^), California. Inclusions from the San Carlos...reported dunite xenoliths in the Golden "Siberia Crater" is the cone called Dish Hill on the Bagdad 7 1/2...Trask (1971) used the name Siberia Crater to designate a satellite crater on the southwest flank of Dish...of the Sierra Nevada batholith. Other important localities in the central Sierra Nevada include phlogopite-rich...along one of the east-bounding faults of the Sierra Nevada. Brief mention was made by Barca (1966) of peridotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
doi:10.1029/2010JE003719, 2011 New insights into lunar petrology: Distribution and composition of prominent...31 January 2011; published 14 April 2011. [1] Lunar geochemical groups such as Mg suite, ferroan anorthosite...distinguish these geochemical groups and to understand lunar crustal evolution. Using Moon Mineralogy Mapper...suite of synthetic pyroxenes to determine which lunar pyroxenes appear magnesian enough to be candidate...these Mg‐rich LCPs with the thorium measured by Lunar Prospector make them good candidates for KREEP‐related
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell...Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA 3 Present Address: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean...Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: cameron.m.mercer@asu...Abstract–40Ar/39Ar incremental heating experiments on whole-rock lunar samples commonly provide evidence of varying degrees...profiles to constrain the thermal evolution of lunar impact melt deposits and indicates that the melt
 
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