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Trace elements in 59 mostly highland moon rocksNew chemical analyses for up to 26 trace elements, including seldom-determined highly siderophile elements Ir, Os, Re, Au, Pd, and Ge, for 59 lunar samples are reported. Most of these samples are polymict breccias from Apollo 16. Remarkably few have Group 7 (extremely low Au/Ir) meteoritic components. Several samples have uncommonly high Au/(Ir + Re) ratios, even higher than group 1L. Volatile-element enrichments are found in several fragments from rusty rock 66095. A matrix sample from fragmental breccia 60639 shows Cd and In enrichments, also observed previously in samples of anorthosite and mare basalt from the same breccia. Evidently, for these highly labile elements, chemical exchange has affected clasts that for most other elements are pristine.
Document ID
19920048262
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ebihara, Mitsuru
(Chicago, University IL; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan)
Wolf, Rainer
(Chicago, University IL, United States)
Warren, Paul H.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Anders, Edward
(Chicago, University IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 18, 1991
End Date: March 22, 1991
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Accession Number
92A30886
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-87
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-52
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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