Tranquillityite: The last lunar mineral comes down to Earth
Tranquillityite [Fe2+8(ZrY)2Ti3Si3O24] was first discovered in mare basalts collected during the Apollo 11 lunar mission to the Sea of Tranquillity. The mineral has since been found exclusively in returned lunar samples and lunar meteorites, with no terrestrial counterpart. We have now identified tr...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Geological Society of America
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44543 |