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Ilmenite from
Luna 20 landing site, Apollonius Highlands, The Moon


Locality type:Landing Site
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Luna 20 landing site, Apollonius Highlands, The Moon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:467426
Long-form Identifier:1:3:467426:9
GUID (UUID V4):76f055f4-81a5-4897-830f-979f7b7b6f4b
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p&~logy and ch~ oflithic frammtsfrom Luna 20 ffnes: origin of the emulate ANtf suite and i&I relationship...have been used to ch~~~e the hmar highland rook suites at the Luna 20 site. The predomin8nt suite is composed...norite is the most abundant rock type and its oomposition is close to the average composition for the highhmd...at this site. Spine1 troctohte is a distinctive member of this suite and is characterized by the presence...and melt of this composition may be parental to the cumulate ANT suite. Alkali0 high+lumina basalt (KREEP)
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&&&-hna 20 soil 22003,1(260-600p) is similar to Apollo 16 soil 61601,47(260-600 ,u) in terms of the percentage...different types of particles. However, among the lithic fragments, the Apollo 16 sample contains a greater percentageof...fragments in Luna 20 and Apollo 11,14,1S and 16 indicatethat the KREEP-poor highland regions (the bulk of...of the lunar terrae), though relatively feldspathic, are oompositionally inhomogeneous,rangingin plagioclasecontent...36 to 100 wt. %. The average plagioclase content lies in the range 46-70 wt.%. Luna 20 pyroxene analyses
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Acta, Vol. 69, No. 20, pp. 4919 – 4934, 2005 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights... 2005) Abstract—The laser 40Ar/39Ar dating technique has been applied to five Luna 16 basalt fragments...one impact glass, and nine Luna 24 basalt fragments and one breccia. The textures of these basalts are...fine-grained ophitic and coarse-grained basalts. The samples contain high levels of solar and lunar atmospheric...atmospheric argon acquired during their residence on the lunar surface. These trapped argon components are
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Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2019. Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Geokhimiya, 2019, No...Olivines of Lunar Rocks: Sources and Localization in the Lunar Crust S. I. Demidovaa, *, M. O. Anosovaa, *...meteorites and in “Apollo-14”, “Luna-16, -20, -24” lunar samples. The olivines contain up to 0.5 wt %...possible sources of P-bearing olivine were found in the lunar material: 1) highland anorthositic–noritic–troctolitic...phosphorus and other elements. The rarity of P-bearing olivines points either to the low abundance or local distribution
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Printed inNorthern Ireland Chemical composition of Luna 20 soil and rock fragments DOMINIQUE Y. J&ROME L8bomtoire...instrumentalneutron activation analysis of samples from the Lun8 20 soil and in t?rock fragments, including a crystalline...feldspar grain. The soil 8ppears to have been cont8min8ted with W and MO. The REE content of the soil is very...times below the level in the Lun8 16 soil. Sampling errors,for most elements, 8re negligiblein the c8se of...fragments in the l-2 mg range. INTRODUCTION WE HALVEdetermined the abundance of 22 elements by the instrumental
Report (volume)
MINERALOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY Volume 60 NEW VIEWS of the MOON EDITORS: Bradley L. Jolliff, Mark A. Wieczorek...This book is dedicated to the memory of the late Graham Ryder, who was one of the original four members of...of CAPTEM when the New Views of the Moon scientific initiative was first conceived. Graham, who was a...owing to his broad knowledge of the lunar samples and his residence at the Lunar and Planetary Institute...where CAPTEM met, was a logical choice to be one of the co-leaders of this lunarscience initiative. Not only
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; ,: &. THE 0: ?$? $ W -^ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348 *w COVER The region of...of the Imbrium and Serenitatis basins during six episodes of lunar history. From lower right to upper...upper left, the paintings depict the Moon's surface as it may have looked (1) late in the Nectarian Period;...Period; (2) in the Early Imbrian Epoch, soon after formation of the Imbrium basin; (3) late in the Early Imbrian...Imbrian Epoch; (4) in the Late Imbrian Epoch; (5) in the Eratosthenian Period; and (6) as it is today Paintings
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com/locate/pss Review Article Optical measurements of the Moon as a tool to study its surface Y. Shkuratov a...general overview of modern optical studies of the Moon and their diagnostic meaning. It includes three...and polarimetry. The first one is devoted to the progress in the photometry of the Moon, which includes...determination to refine the albedo scale (e.g., to connect lunar observations and the data of lunar sample...mapping the parameters of a lunar photometric function (e.g., the phase-angle ratios method) with the aim
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Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands AUTHOR INDEX - VOLUMES 1-50 0001...Seismological evidence for a lithospheric tearing beneath the Aleutian Arc 14(3): 428-432 0003 Abranehes, M....Uranium-lead abundances and isotopic studies in the chondrites Richardton and Farmington 46(3): 311-322... K/Ar ages from the basement complex of the Channel Islands (United Kingdom) and the adjacent French...Precambrian rocks in New Zealand; age relations of the Greenland Group and Constant Gneiss, West Coast,
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rlr**1rl:* " The Society was founded in August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and...first member in a family £11.00 for second member of the same family £11 .00 for associate members £6.50 for...associate membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31st pays half the appropriate annual subscription... Meetings are normally held on the first Friday of each month at the Age Concern Hall, attached to Clair...Langton Road Speldhurst KENT TN30NP John Burgess The Old School 168 North Cray Road Sidcup KENT DA14 5EL
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MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF THE METALLIC PHASES IN THE ALMAHATA SITTA METEORITE (FRAGMENT#051)...Introduction: The Almahata Sitta meteorite fall was unique because asteroid 2008 TC3, the parent body of the Almahata...Almahata Sitta meteorites, was the first asteroid to be detected and tracked in space before impacting...[1]. In a previous work, we studied the whole-rock sample of the Almahata Sitta fragment #051, hereafter...enigmatic [3]. The study of metallic phases in ureilites is important for understanding the petrogenesis
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GEOCHIMICA ETT COSMOCHIMICA ACTA + Journal ey The Geochemical ce and. The ercenitter] Society Albright College...miles). North is at the upper right edge of the disc. Seen above the planet are the satellites Dione (right)...spot at the south edge of a yellow band; in true color, the spot would appear brown and the band white...spot slightly above and to the left in this image moves eastward relative to the green spot at a rate that...it to pass the green feature in about 50 days. The convective clouds that appear between the two spots
 
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