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  • Thumbnail for Ferroan anorthosite
    Ferroan anorthosite (FAN) is a pristine coarse-grained igneous rock found in the lunar highlands. FANs have a Ca-rich plagioclase (called anorthite) composition...
    9 KB (977 words) - 03:37, 28 October 2024
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    result of formation after initial crystal growth. Iron-rich dolomite, or ferroan dolomite, is doloimite which contains significant trace levels of iron...
    13 KB (1,439 words) - 17:32, 1 November 2024
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    igneous rocks in the lunar highlands compose three distinct groups: the ferroan anorthosite suite, the magnesian suite, and the alkali suite. Lunar breccias...
    34 KB (3,396 words) - 19:10, 25 October 2024
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    Hadley–Apennine Lunar sample displays Stolen and missing Moon rocks "15415 Ferroan Anorthosite" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved November 29, 2022. Apollo 15 samples...
    5 KB (449 words) - 02:31, 9 September 2024
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    collection. Wood et al. used fragments of bulk sample 10085 for their analyses. Ferroan anorthosite (FAN) rocks found during the Apollo program are composed primarily...
    18 KB (2,123 words) - 17:41, 9 September 2024
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    PMID 20395507. S2CID 17601709. Meyer, C. (2011). "Lunar Sample Compendium - 15415 Ferroan Anorthosite" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Norman, Marc D.; Borg...
    20 KB (2,289 words) - 20:09, 1 November 2024
  • from a larger number. Not a well-known species, the only references to Ferroans appear in Force Heretic 1–3 and Rogue Planet. They have icy blue skin,...
    41 KB (6,117 words) - 20:04, 9 August 2024
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    Lunar ferroan anorthosite (plagioclase feldspar) collected by Apollo 16 astronauts from the Lunar Highlands near Descartes Crater...
    20 KB (1,897 words) - 18:21, 16 July 2024
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    covers ~80% of the lunar surface. Lunar anorthosite is characterized as ferroan anorthosite (FAN), or magnesium anorthosite (MAN). Pristine lunar FAN is...
    26 KB (3,128 words) - 01:08, 17 October 2024
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    monticellites have the pure magnesium end-member composition but rare ferroan monticellites and magnesio-kirschsteinite are found with between 30 and...
    4 KB (280 words) - 21:46, 3 January 2024
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    filling is usually calcite. The calcite often contains significant iron (ferroan calcite) and may have inclusions of pyrite and clay minerals. The brown...
    56 KB (6,225 words) - 03:40, 24 October 2024
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    the presence of a strongly pleochroic, reddish or green orthopyroxene (ferroan enstatite formerly known as hypersthene). The alkali feldspars in the group...
    9 KB (1,053 words) - 07:40, 30 April 2024
  • Studies conducted using feldspathic meteorites show that they do not contain ferroan anorthosites, KREEP components, or Mg-suite rocks, which further supports...
    8 KB (977 words) - 22:02, 27 October 2024
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    black varieties of spinel. Ceylonite, named for the island of Ceylon, is a ferroan spinel with Mg:Fe from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron. Pleonaste...
    5 KB (620 words) - 22:00, 29 June 2023
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    Lunar Ferroan Anorthosite #60025 (Plagioclase Feldspar). Collected by Apollo 16 from the Lunar Highlands near Descartes. This sample is currently on display...
    7 KB (519 words) - 15:45, 5 November 2023
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    esseneite, nepheline, wollastonite, Ba-rich feldspar, apatite, ulvöspinel, ferroan sahamalite, and secondary barite, and calcite. Dorrite can be found in...
    5 KB (389 words) - 21:05, 3 January 2024
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    studies of serpentinites suggest that iron minerals are first converted to ferroan brucite, that is, brucite containing Fe(OH)2, which then undergoes the...
    30 KB (3,139 words) - 12:57, 11 October 2024
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    leucophoenicite gageite caryopilite Iron Monarch, South Australia arsenoclasite gatehouseite hematite hausmannite manganoan ferroan calcite barite gypsum...
    8 KB (507 words) - 20:22, 18 January 2024
  • the presence of widespread carbonate alteration zones, notably ankerite, ferroan dolomite, siderite and calcite. The tendency of gold to be preferentially...
    52 KB (6,050 words) - 15:27, 13 October 2024
  • igneous systems: The enstatite achondrite (aubrite) meteorites and the lunar ferroan anorthosites. She entered the doctoral program already married, with two...
    7 KB (653 words) - 01:27, 13 August 2024
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