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Spinel from
Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Comments:Chrome rich
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lunar Crater, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:282790
Long-form Identifier:1:3:282790:2
GUID (UUID V4):c85f7bb1-c1ad-4600-aab6-10167b9131d5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions of magma genesis at the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (Nevada), and implications for internal plumbing...Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, U.S.A. 4 Department...Abstract The northern part of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (central Nevada, U.S.A.) contains more than 100...were separated by many kilometers. Keywords: Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, monogenetic volcanism, whole-rock...volcanological data from the PlioPleistocene Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field in the western U.S.A. for example
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Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544, USA 2 Centre de Recherches sur la G6ologie de l'Uranium...in a composite xenolith from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada, U.S.A. The xenolith is an amphibole-bearing...Dept. R208, P.O. Box 2819, Dallas, Texas 75221, USA Offprint requests to: S.C. Bergman or J. Dubessy...composite nodule from the Marcath Flow of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (LCVF; see Fig. 1), a late Cenozoic...inclusions in peridotite xenoliths from Ichinomegata crater, Japan; these are, nevertheless, very rare and
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...amphiboles and adjacent olivine, pyrox- ene, and spinel phases in the host peridotite have shown that systematic...occurs in a basanite flow from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field (LCVF), Nevada. The origin of the vein and host...contain crystallographically oriented plates of spinel. Subhedral olivine grains are also present as inclusions
Journal (issue)
(blue-green) and and pleonaste pleonastespinel spinel both sapphirine (blue-green) showing prominent...Crystals range up to 6 mm across: chromian spinel, spinel and sapphirine (Figure8), 8),and andcrust-like...andcrust-like crust-like occur as inclusions (Figure spinel reaction rims are preserved on some grains. The other...colours. Note Note intergrowths of sapphire and spinel and fusion crusts on some corundums. X15. corundums...Corundum Pleonaste COr/lndum Pleonaste (blue) spinel (blue) spinel 'metamorphic' 'basaltic' 'metamorphic'
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)
2004 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/04 $30.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Department of Earth...accepted in revised form March 25, 2004) Abstract—Spinel lherzolite and harzburgite xenoliths from the Basin...and mantle lithosphere, we limited our study to spinel lherzolites and harzburgites, which sample depths...sources from Livaccari and Perry (1993). Key: LCM, Lunar Crater maar; GC, Western Grand Canyon volcanic field;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GA 30602, USA Department of Geology & Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA Dept Earth...University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...xenoliths from Hawaii, Kamchatka, Nunivak Island, Lunar Crater volcanic field and the Navajo volcanic field have...composition of mantle apatites: metasomatic apatites in spinel peridotites are Cl-rich whereas apatites formed...composition. The samples are primarily apatites found in spinel-bearing ultramafic xenoliths. All of the samples
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Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. 97331 (USA) and K.F. SCHEIDEGGER School of Oceanography, Oregon...Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. 9 7331 (USA) Received July 8, 1976 Revised version received February...Holocene(?) flow from a cinder cone vent in the Lunar Crater volcanic field (BRS). All are olivine tholeiites...impurities noted were traces of glass and rare spinel inclusions in some olivine grains. Contaminated...70-15: McKinney Basalt, pillow lava [ 11 ] LC-48: Lunar Crater field, basanitoid flow [ 13 ] ; same flow as
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....pseudobrookite (at Lunar phenocrystsin lava lakes and laccoliths. The above growth Crater). rates are therefore...may prevail in a longJived magma Dish Hill, Lunar Crater) has broken or fragmentededges. chamber. Volcanism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vulcan'sThrone in Arizona, Salt Lake Crater in Hawaii, and Lunar Cratersin Nevadawer€ analyzed by electron...interstitial grains within inclusions of chromium-spinel peridotites, and as megacrysts(Best, 1974). In...rare l-2 cm diameter xenoliths of spinel lherzolite. Lunar Craters,Nevada Lherzolite, wehrlite, dunite, pyroxenite...Pleistoceneto Holoceneagebasaniteflow from eastcentral Nevada (Trask, 1969;Holloway, 1978,written communication)...their possible Dam; thermal stability limit: LC-Lunar Craters; HD-Hoover VT7-Vulcan's Throne 12237'l.
Report (issue)
(4) spinel peridotite, pyroxenite, and phlogopite-rich rocks of the Cr-diopside group; (5) spinel peridotite...group; (6) spinel peridotite and pyroxenite of the bottle-green pyroxene group; (7) spinel peridotite...inclusions in these volcanic rocks, three of which are spinel-facies ultramafic rocks distinguished by different...compositions; a fourth group is characterized by spinel and plagioclase, and the fifth is garnetiferous...described peridotite inclusions and megacrysts of spinel, plagioclase, diopside, kaersutitic amphibole ("basaltic
Report (issue)
---------------------18. Garnet pyroxenite crosscutting spinel pyroxenite layers in Cr-diopside Iherzolite, Lherz...--VI-17. Composite sample 68-SAL-ll (Salt Lake Crater, Hawaii) --------------------------VI-18. Composite...(4) spinel peridotite, pyroxenite, and phlogopite-rich rocks of the Cr-diopside group; (5) spinel peridotite...group; (6) spinel peridotite and pyroxenite of the bottle-green pyroxene group; (7) spinel peridotite...types of inclusions. The margins of the Sierra Nevada batholith. Other important first and major step
Report (issue)
......................................220 West Crater...................................................................................263 Blue Lake Crater.............................................................................................278 Crater Lake........................................................................................391 Nevada..........................................................................................426 Lunar Crater............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Mg-spinel bearing central peaks using M3 images: Implications for the petrogenesis of Mg-spinel Ying...Michigan St, SL118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA Key lab of Lunar Science and Deep-exploration, Chinese Academy...Keywords: Mg-spinel Mg-suite central peak lunar crust Moon Mineralogy Mapper a b s t r a c t Mg-spinel bearing...systematic screening of lunar crater central peaks for the presence of Mg-spinel to address its distribution...distribution and petrogenesis. 38 Mg-spinel bearing crater central peaks were identified in this study out of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amphibole-rich inclusions ( + olivine, _+salite) and spinel lherzolite (_+ pargasite) inclusions associated...amphibole-rich rock, the light portion a porphyroclastic spinel lherzolite. The foliation of the lherzolite is...05 0.02 99.94 <0.1% Clinopyroxene Phlogopite Spinel 90% 10% Amphibole Olivine T A H 82-40 A m p...samples from California (Wilshire et al. 1980), Nevada (Bergman et al. 1981 ; Bergman 1982), Balaton Lake...peridotitic block (Fig. I b). The peridotite is an Al-spinel, Cr-diopside lherzolite with a typical porphyroclastic
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...of purest anorthosite (PAN) and discovery of Mg-Spinel anorthosite, a new rock type, represent just a...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/pss Young viscous flows in the Lowell crater of Orientale basin, Moon: Impact melts or volcanic...distinct resurface event inside Copernican aged Lowell crater (13.001S 103.401W), Orientale basin, using high...TC, MI-VIS, LROC-NAC, and M3 data from Kaguya, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Chandrayaan-1 missions...impact melts from a  9 km diameter crater on the edge of Lowell crater. Gabbroic/ basaltic signatures have...identified at several other locations inside Lowell crater indicating that it would have impacted on a pre-existing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2018) doi: 10.1111/maps.13218 Petrogenesis of lunar impact melt rock meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 Axel... Palm Walk, PSA 213, Tempe, Arizona 85287–1704, USA Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the...One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA 3 Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California...California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720–7450, USA 4 Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona...1040 East Fourth St., Tucson, Arizona 85721–0077, USA 5 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.................. U. KRAHENBUHL: The value of lunar material accessible for detailed studies ................................. S. R. TAYLOR:Does the lunar composition retain a memory from the earl ........The optical properties of the finest fraction of lunar soil: Implications for space weathering ..........and biogenesis ................ t sea: The Lockne crater, Sweden .........................................storm evidence against the recent formation of lunar crater Gior T. MIKOUCHI, M. MIYAMOTO AND G. A. MCKAY:
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)
facies of Dawson 1980): crater (:::;; 350 m), diatreme (1-2 km below crater), and root zone (:::;;0.5...precipitation from a melt, whereas the diatreme and crater zones have increasing amounts of brecciated wall...mafic and ultramafic rocks (e.g. Haggerty 1976). Spinel compositions reflect the degree of evolution of...evolving reservoir. From apparent correlations between spinel compositions and the diamond content of individual...Petrogenesis of oxide minerals in kimber­ lite, Elliott County, Kentucky. Am. Mineral. 67: 28-42 Arculus, R. J
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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...phases were made using PfEPMA, except in the case of spinel for which we recalculated Fe3+, Fe2+, and other... and (to a lesser extent) Na2O. Hercynite-rich spinel with a marginally different composition (more magnetite... 1972) concluded that most of the Fe2+ in Lake County labradorite (also studied by Hofmeister and Rossman)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(80%),clinopyroxene (7.4%),spinel-pyroxene symplectite (5.4%), chromian spinel (4.7%), plagioclase (1.3%)...average composition, and Cr/(Cr+Al) atomic ratio of spinel is around 0.2. A12O,and TiO2 contents of clinopyroxene...Coexistence of relatively magnesian olivine with Al-rich spinel and Al- and Ti-rich clinopyroxene indicates a cumulative...entrapment of fluid inculsions into olivine and spinel. Amphiboles in this rock are far more enriched...a peridotite inclusion from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada, U.S.A. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149, USA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department...Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA Received 27 August 2003; received in revised form...peridotite nodule in 457 basanite from Lunar Crater volcanic field, Nevada, which has eruptions from Late Pliocene...Carmichael [76] demonstrate that amphiboles at Lunar Crater and other localities in the western US are true...in Late Quaternary basalts from Yucca Mountain, Nevada [82] clearly showing high water characteristics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gsf Research paper Lunar surface mineralogy using hyperspectral data: Implications...March 2016 Available online xxx Mineralogy of the Lunar surface provides important clues for understanding...plagioclase are potential tools to evaluate the Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO) hypothesis. Here we use the data...(NIR) spectral data (hyperspectral data) of the Lunar surface to gain insights on the surface mineralogy...Basin, Orientale Basin, Apollo Basin and Wegener Crater e highland. The common presence of plagioclase
 
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