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Compositional data for twenty-one Fra Mauro lunar materials.Major, minor, and trace element analyses are presented for two igneous rocks, six breccias, four microbreccias, two breccia clasts, and six soils, as well as a sample of sawdust from rock 14066. Evaluation of the data suggests that the samples from the Fra Mauro highlands have the same nonterrestrial characteristics shown previously by the samples returned from the mare regions by Apollo 11 and 12 - namely, a high refractory element content, a lower volatile element content, and an excess reducing capacity above that due to FeO. The Fra Mauro soils have higher concentrations of Al2O3, Na2O, and K2O and lower amounts of FeO and TiO2 than do the mare soils. They also show a bimodal distribution of Ni, B, and Nb. The highland breccias are richer in SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, Na2O, and K2O than those returned from the mare lowlands. FeO, TiO2, and MnO are lower in concentration at Fra Mauro, and the highland breccias are more complex mineralogically than those collected previously.
Document ID
19730034954
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Rose, H. J., Jr.
Cuttitta, F.
Annell, C. S.
Carron, M. K.
Christian, R. P.
Dwornik, E. J.
Greenland, L. P.
Ligon, D. T., Jr.
(U.S. Geological Survey Washington, D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Start Date: January 10, 1972
End Date: January 13, 1972
Accession Number
73A19756
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER T-2360-A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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