 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2012; revision accepted 05 November 2012) Abstract–The Northwest Africa (NWA) 2996 meteorite is a lunar...clasts contain clusters of apatite, suggesting that the anorthosites either assimilated evolved rocks or...around the South Pole Aitken (SPA) basin, peripheral regions of eastern mare, Nectaris, Crisium, and southern...of Mare Humorum. However, the mineralogy of NWA 2996 is distinctive compared with Apollo and Luna mission...samples, and is likely consistent with an origin near the SPA basin: anorthosite clasts could represent local |  | Zeng, Xiaojia, Li, Shijie, Joy, Katherine H., Li, Xiongyao, Liu, Jianzhong, Li, Yang, Li, Rui, Wang, Shijie (2020) Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55 (1) 36-55 doi:10.1111/maps.13421 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | breccias preserve the records of geologic processes on the Moon. In this study, we report the occurrence, petrography...petrography, mineralogy, and geologic significance of the observed secondary olivine veinlets in lunar feldspathic...dominated by interconnecting olivine mineral grains. The host clasts are mainly composed of mafic minerals...lithology. The studied olivine veinlets (~5 to 30 lm in width) are distributed within the mafic mineral...mineral host, but do not extend into the adjacent plagioclase. Chemically, these olivine veinlets are Fe-richer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Moon rock mineralogy V. L. Barsukov , M. A. Nazarav &...& L. S. Tarasov (1982) Moon rock mineralogy, International Geology Review, 24:2, 238-248, DOI: 10.10...13:40 Moon rock mineralogy V.L. Borsukov, M.A. Nozorov, ond L.S. Torosov is restricted to the range...parts of the hloon (Vinogradov, 1975; Schmitt, 1975; Florenskiy et al., 1977). Nevertheless, the material...various laboratories throughout the world is reasonably representative, and the data can be combined with orbital |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust S. E. ROBERTS 1...Mg-suite, and gabbronorite lithologies as defined by the Apollo sample collection. Clasts representing magnesian...mineralogy although pyroxferroite grains are present. The juxtaposition of evolved, basaltic clasts without...these basaltic clasts may represent cryptomare. The lithologies found in NWA 10986 offer a unique and...section view of the Moon sourced outside of the Procellarum KREEP Terrane. rich terrain, the Procellarum |  | | 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 |  | Xia, Zhipeng, Miao, Bingkui, Zhang, Chuantong, Chen, Hongyi, Xie, Lanfang, Ranjith, P. M., Zhang, Yikai, Si, Bowen (2021) Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120. Minerals, 11 (8) 899 doi:10.3390/min11080899 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120 Zhipeng Xia 1,2...Y.; Si, B. Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120. Minerals 2021...meteorites are the fragments of rocks that fell on Earth because of the impacts of asteroids on the Moon. Such...information about the composition, evolutionary process, and shock history of the lunar surface. NWA...with a poikilitic-like texture. As the most abundant lithic clasts, the crystalline impact melt (CIM) clasts |  | | Report (issue) | | 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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