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21st May 2016 15:46 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

I have a question: how to add the planet Mercury? I've collected some mineralogical informations.

26th May 2016 21:16 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Only managers can add such first-level localities.

Done: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271184.html

Feel free to add any relevant info from wikipedia etc.

26th May 2016 22:36 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

Great, thanks!

26th May 2016 23:46 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

The Mercury "site" has now uploaded some informations and minerals. The one particular interesting fact is that there is a theory of the planet once having a graphite crust...

26th May 2016 23:51 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

There is also an interesting theory that Mercury's crust is very low in Fe, so the rock-forming minerals would be mostly close to Mg- endmembers.

27th May 2016 00:01 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

That fits the data of the guys from one of the papers in the references in the Mercury page. But the Peplowski's team say that they've confirmed the graphite by IR, so it seems that it is really there. The question is now the source of it. Btw, who knows what lurks on the hot Venus :-S

27th May 2016 00:06 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

Talking about Venus - there is some information (normative mineral composition). May I ask of adding Venus?

27th May 2016 00:54 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Venus added.

27th May 2016 01:05 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

Thanks, Alfredo!

27th May 2016 11:47 UTCLuca Baralis Expert

About plantes and co., Venus and Mercury are a little hard to find. It looks like you need an advanced research for.

And a question: why "The Moon" and not only "Moon" ?

27th May 2016 11:54 UTCErik Vercammen Expert

Luca,

I suppose one should be a native speaker (of English) to judge about "moon" and "the moon". But I suppose "the Moon" is the satellite of the planet Earth, and "moon" is just a satellite of every possible planet.

27th May 2016 12:39 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Erik is right: Lots of planets have a moon, or moons, but only Earth has the Moon. Use of the definite and indefinite articles can be very confusing to non-native speakers of english, especially those whose languages don't use articles as much, like russian or japanese.

27th May 2016 13:12 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

I the use of "the" before Moon and Sun is to distinguish between our Sun and our Moon and other suns and moons :-)

Luca - regarding the information on Mercury and Venus, feel welcome to see the new locality page for Venus: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271190.html. I was able to find some data, although much of the data is based on suggestions/models/calculation etc.

27th May 2016 14:22 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

A quite exciting news: calcium sulphide (most likely oldhamite) is supposed to be the main lithophile sulphide on Mercury. I've added "oldhamite?" to the Dominici crater.

27th May 2016 15:57 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

I had a hard time finding Mercury in a mindat locality search for a while because the planet shows up in the output at the "country" level! I was scrolling right past it thinking it would be at a higher level, but there is no "planet" level (obviously all the terrestrial localities stop at the country level). Just FYI, I'm not suggesting mindat add an "Earth" level to all the terrestrial localities, they are typically long enough already!

27th May 2016 16:00 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

Yup, the site is growing. Venus and Mercury are quite new, but some Martian reports are also so. "Beware": futher things, of the Outer Space, are coming... ;-)

27th May 2016 22:58 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Lukasz, for all your Outer Space localities, please include information about access and whether collecting is permitted. :-D

27th May 2016 23:12 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

OK OK I will stop adding :-D Actually wanted to include a planet that is THOUGH to have a constant rain of... glass. But (1) I'm I but frustrated with things being just THOUGH... and (2) the real Outer Space is likely only the "empty" space between celestial bodies, as planets... so, as for now, there is no locality category under which such new planet could be added (and maybe its better this way ;-)).

But what would you do knowing of a fresh outcrop of, lets say, nikischerite, somewhere on Mars? Wouldn't you go? Wouldn't you? :-D

27th May 2016 23:19 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

of course :)-D

27th May 2016 23:27 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

Well, you might be able to go, as they're about to send people there... just wait a 5 years... or 10... or... :-D I'm choosing Venus. Must collect these EVIDENT seas of cannizzarite ;-)

27th May 2016 23:37 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert

P.S. Added some notes/doubts on mineral list on Mercury and Venus sites; just to avoid millions of canizzarite pilgrims ;-)

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