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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rasmussen, Birger, Fletcher, Ian, Gregory, Courtney, Muhling, Janet, Suvorova, Alexandra
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society of America 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44543