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Augite from
Apollo 16 landing site, Descartes Highlands, The Moon


Locality type:Landing Site
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Apollo 16 landing site, Descartes Highlands, The Moon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:742670
Long-form Identifier:1:3:742670:4
GUID (UUID V4):5b39af0b-a091-4bd9-add2-83ec290c69ba
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undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting...formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo...version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may...discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2019...Diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement to determine the modal E- mineralogy of 118 lunar regolith samples
Report (issue)
on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration GEOLOGY OF THE APOLLO 16 AREA, CENTRAL...CENTRAL LUNAR HIGHLANDS Crystalline rock 68415. A. White angular boulder at Station 8, 3.4 km northeast...high-relief pyroxene. Geology of the Apollo 16 Area, Central Lunar Highlands Edited by GEORGE E. ULRICH, CARROLL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1048 Prepared on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration UNITED...WASHINGTON : 1981 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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Mineral-Chemical and Isotopic Variations in Apollo 16 Impact-Melt Breccias a a Jeremy N. Mitchell...(1998) MineralChemical and Isotopic Variations in Apollo 16 Impact-Melt Breccias, International Geology Review...effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on...whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions...in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for multiple 4.0–3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection Takafumi NIIHARA 1,2,3,4*, Sky P...Abstract–In a histogram of lunar impact ages from the Apollo 16 site, there is a spike circa 3.9 Ga that has been...were affected slightly differently by the event that produced the Imbrium basin. To further scrutinize...similar to previously defined group 1 Apollo 16 impact melt rocks, while the other two have higher Al2O3 and...target sequences. Eighteen 40Ar/39Ar analyses of the six clasts produced an age range from 3823  75 to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acceptedin re&ed form 16 Jaruq 1973) &&&-hna 20 soil 22003,1(260-600p) is similar to Apollo 16 soil 61601,47(260-600...terms of the percentage of different types of particles. However, among the lithic fragments, the Apollo...Apollo 16 sample contains a greater percentageof fragments with more than 70 wt. % modal plagioclase and a...Luna 20 and Apollo 11,14,1S and 16 indicatethat the KREEP-poor highland regions (the bulk of the lunar terrae)...approximately 36 to 100 wt. %. The average plagioclase content lies in the range 46-70 wt.%. Luna 20 pyroxene
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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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Planetary Science 1–21 (2016) doi: 10.1111/maps.12737 The petrology, geochemistry, and age of lunar regolith...Range 090036 and 090070: Insights into the crustal history of the Moon A. CALZADA-DIAZ1,2,*, K. H. JOY3, I...2016) Abstract–Meteorites ejected from the surface of the Moon as a result of impact events are an important...important source of lunar material in addition to Apollo and Luna samples. Here, we report bulk element...and represent sampling of two distinct regions of the lunar crust that have protoliths similar to ferroan
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1995 Copyright © 1995ElsevierScienceLtd Printedin the USA.All rightsreserved 0016-7037/95 $9.50 + .00 ...pluton on the Moon B. L. JOLL1FFand L. A. HASKIN Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the McDonnell...McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA (Received October...1995) Almtract--The impact that produced North Ray Crater, Apollo 16 landing site, exhumed rocks that...that include relatively marie members of the lunar ferroan anorthositic suite. Bulk and mineral compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright 0 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rightsreserved 0016-7037/95 $9.50 + .OO...00034-8 Chronology and petrogenesis of the lunar highlands alkali suite: Cumulates from KREEP basalt...2, 1994) Abstract-Alkalic rocks from the highlands of the Moon, though relatively minor in volume, yield...important information in understanding the later development of the lunar crust. However, until recently...recently little information has been available on the crystallization ages of samples from this diverse suite
Report (issue)
ADMINISTRATION APOLLO 1 RELIMINARY S C I E N C E REPORT REPORT APOLLO 166 P PRELIMINARY SCIENCE The Moon, by the...the the Apollo on their their way way back back toto the the Earth. Earth. The The darker darker The...The Moon, as as photographed photographed by Apollo 16 16 astronauts astronauts on areas show: Mare Mare...Mare Crisium, Crisium, near near the the horizon horizon at at the the upper Marginis, right areas show:...Mare Mare Marginis. Marginis. The The far-side far-side highlands highlands are are also also visible. visible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near-ix&a-red tnuumi&on and reflectance measurements of the Luna 20 soil JOHN B. ADAMS,~PETER M. BELL,~JAMESE...from the Luna 20 sample were compared with diffuse reflectance spectra of the bulk soil. As in the spectra...localities on the Moon, pyroxene contributes two broad absorption features near 1 pm and 2 pm. The soil has...to be the dominant mineral in the lunar highlands. The Luna 20 soil curve is most similar to the reflectance...reflectance curves of the non-rayed soils at Apollo 16, in agreement with the generally similar mineralogy
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lunar high-Ti basalt type defined from clasts in Apollo 16 breccia 60639 A.L. Fagan a,b,c,⇑, C.R. Neal a...This paper reports the detailed examination of three basalt clasts from Apollo 16 breccia 60639 that...variant of high-Ti basalt returned from the Moon by the Apollo 16 mission. Mineral chemistry and whole-rock...(breccia matrix, basalt, and basalt + breccia matrix). The basalt clasts, which are not overtly porphyritic...and plagioclase crystals that represent the evolution of the magma during crystallization; ilmenite does
Book (volume)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Volume 1: Mineralogy and Petrology GEOGHIMICA ETCpSNIQCHllyliCA AC^ China-America...una 14 DAY BOOK This book is due on or before the latest date stamped beiow MAR04’86'CSUN.l^/E8 2...COSMOCHIMICA ACTA # SUPPLEMENT 5 PROCEEDINGS OE THE FIFTH LUNAR SCIENCE CONFERENCE Houston, Texas, March...THREE VOLUMES deal primarily with Earth and its Moon, but in a very real sense they are discussing,...histories of planetary bodies throughout the solar system, if not the universe. It is in this rather philosophical
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482: A crystalline impact-melt breccia from the lunar highlands INGRID J. DAUBAR!, DAVID A. KRING!*, TIMOTHY...impact-melt breccia from the Moon with highlands affinities. The recrystallized matrix and the clast population...both highly anorthositic. Clasts are all related to the ferroan anorthosite suite, and include isolated plagioclase...and mare lithologies are both absent, constraining the source area of this meteorite to a highland terrain...most likely on the far side of the Moon. Glass is present in shock veins cutting through the sample and in
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R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Moon, surface Volcanism Data reduction techniques Diversity...mantle heterogeneity. Although the cumulate mantle overturn hypothesis is the current standard model invoked...(PCA) and K-means cluster analysis (KCA) – we report the patterns produced from basalt characteristics over...changing spatial scales, from intra-site to inter-site to nearside. The data are sourced from a newly developed...Through the simultaneous considerations of multiple basalt characteristics contained in the database
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earth-based telescopes may have absorption bands in the one micron and two micron wavelength regions which...Pyroxenes with Fe 2+ in M2 positions dominate the spectra, and the resulting 1 ~Lm versus 2 ~m spectral determinative...and structure-types of pyroxenes on surfaces of the Moon, Mercury, and asteroids, after correcting for...diagnostic peaks in the 1 ~Lm region, while tetrahedral Fe z+ in glasses absorb in the 2 ~Lm region as well...spectra of regoliths. Thus, noritic rocks in the lunar highlands, troctolites in central peaks of impact craters
Book
J. E. Guest and R. Greeley THE WYKEHAM SCIENCE SERIES NUNC COGNOSCO EX PARTE THOMASJ. BATA LIBRARY...LIBRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY ON THE MOON The Wykeham Science Series General Editors: PROFESSOR...Formerly Senior Physics Master Uppingham School The Authors lecturer at University College, London, and...has worked extensively on the geology of Mercury and Mars as a member of the NASA Mariner 10 and Viking...a R. greeley works at the University of Santa Clara, California, and at the NASA Ames Research Center
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Cambridge, MA 02138 A single fragment from an Apollo 16 soil appears to be a soil agglutinate that has...in many of the samples of recrystallized polymict breccias collected in the lunar highlands. Debris blankets...than agglutinate-rich soil from the highland megaregolith to be the progenitor of this classof recrystallized...recrystallized rocks. INTRODUCTION The concept of continuous cycles of related processes that operate on...Earth, the hydrologic, the geochemical, and the rock cycles are some well-known examples. The lunar regolith
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The Lunar Sourcebook, a concisely presented collection of data gathered during the American and Soviet...current scientific and technical information about the Moon. This book provides a thorough introduction to...information about the nature of the lunar environment. It explores the formation and evolution of the Moon’s surface...surface, the chemical and mineralogical nature of lunar rocks and soils, and the current state of scientific...scientific knowledge about the nature, origin, and history of the Moon. The book is written and edited by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
104, pages 370–384, 2019 Spinel-anorthosites on the Moon: Impact melt origins suggested by enthalpy constraints...spectra of the Moon have delineated regions where spinel is the only ferromagnesian mineral; the rock is...spinel-bearing rocks form by low-pressure assimilation of highlands anorthosite into olivine-rich basaltic (i.e.,...evaluate the heat (i.e., enthalpy) required for this assimilation process. Magma compositions are the picritic...picritic Apollo 14 B green glass and an estimation of the magma parental to Mg-suite cumulate rocks. From
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
Book
(base of the North Massif) on the north side of the Taurus-Littrow Valley, during the Apollo 17 mission...mission. The front portion of the Lunar Roving Vehicle is visible at the left. The directional antenna (umbrella... Lunar Science: A Po st-Apollo View Scientific Results and Insights from the Lunar Samples STUART ROSS...1925Lunar science: a post-Apollo view. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Moon. I. Title. QB592.T38 1975...detail visible on the lunar surface in this near terminator photo taken during the Apollo 16 mission. View
Book
Wii mM PLANETARY PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY The Lawrence A . Taylor 60" Birthday Volume International...Neal, and W. Gary Ernst, editors Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with funding from Kahle/Austin...GEOCHEMISTRY PLANETARY PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY The Lawrence A. Taylor 60" Birthday Volume International...Gary Ernst, editors Bellwether Publishing, Yd. tor the Geological Society of America Copyright © 1999...Publishing, Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication
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OF THE APOLLO LANDING SITE (NASA-CR-191637) GEOLOGY OF THE SITE (Lunar 17 WORKSHOP ON APOLLO 17 LANDING...LANDING Science Inst.) 70 N93-18786 --THRU-N93-18817 Unclas p G3/91 __ LPI Technical LUNAR ...77058-1113 WORKSHOP GEOLOGY ON OF THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE Edited by G. Ryder, H. H. Schmitt,...1992by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE The Instituteis operatedby the University SpaceResearchAssociationunderContractNo...volume sonal research permission purposes; of the authors may be copied however, without restraint
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Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/99 $20.00 ⫹ .00...form March 16, 1999) Abstract—Isotopic analyses of mineral fractions and whole rocks from the ferroan anorthosite...fractions of 62236. These values are higher than the value of ⫺0.1 predicted if 62236 was derived from...29 Ga, but are consistent with the positive initial 143 ␧Nd value. The Sm-Nd isotopic composition of 62236...62236 has been modified by the capture of thermal neutrons such that the 147Sm/144Nd, 143Nd/144Nd, and
 
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