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Alkali norite, troctolites, and VHK mare basalts from breccia 14304Six pristine rocks, two mare basalts, and four nonpristine highlands rocks were separated from breccia 14304 for consortium study. The pristine highlands rocks include representatives of the Mg troctolite-anorthosite and alkali suites of the Apollo 14 site. Two troctolite clasts have olivine and plagioclase compositions similar to one group of Apollo 14 troctolites and one also contains spinel. Incompatible element abundances in one are similar to those of 14305 troctolites, although the heavy rare earth elements pattern is distinct among Apollo 14 troctolites. Alkali lithologies include an alkali anorthosite and an alkali norite, the latter having a pristine igneous texture and resembling alkali gabbronites from Apollo 14 and 67975 in mineralogy and mineral compositions. It is suggested that Apollo 14 alkali lithologies and PO4-bearing Mg anorthosites formed from Mg-rich magmas that assimilated various amounts of material rich in P and REE. Another pristine clast from 14304 is an Mg-gabbronorite. The two mare basalt clasts are very high potassium basalts, whose parent magmas could have formed from a typical low-Ti, high-Al basaltic magmas by assimilation of K-rich material. Nonpristine 14304 clasts include melt-textured anorthosites and an augite-rich poikilitic melt rock.
Document ID
19860049971
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Goodrich, C. A.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Taylor, G. J.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Keil, K.
(New Mexico, University Albuquerque, United States)
Kallemeyn, G. W.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Warren, P. H.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
March 30, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 91
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
86A34709
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-30
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-87
Distribution Limits
Public
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