Lunar anorthosite 60025, the petrogenesis of lunar anorthosites, and the composition of the moon

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Sep 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982gecoa..46.1591r&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 46, Sept. 1982, p. 1591-1601.

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Anorthosite, Igneous Rocks, Lunar Composition, Lunar Geology, Lunar Rocks, Petrology, Abundance, Aluminum, Basalt, Calcium, Chromites, Ilmenite, Magma, Minerals, Olivine, Pyroxenes, Rare Earth Elements

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The mineral chemistry of the lunar anorthosite 60025 is investigated, and a model for the differentiation of the moon is proposed based on these findings. Among other results, it is concluded that 60025 is a mixture of pieces from a related sequence of anorthosites, and that this sequence was generated by near-perfect accumulate growth during strong fractional crystallization. The parent liquid of the most primitive anorthosite was saturated with olivine, plagioclase, pigeonite, and chromite, and evolved to one saturated with plagioclase, pigeonite, high-Ca clinopyroxene, and ilmenite. The steep slope of anorthosites on an Mg (mafics) vs. Ab (plagioclase) diagram is a result of the very low alkali content of the magma and of the original magma ocean. The bulk moon had low Al2O3, a sub-chondritic Ca/Al ratio, and REE abundances and patterns which were probably close to chondritic. In addition, mare basalt sources were found to be too magnesian and some contain too much high Ca clinopyroxene to be directly or simply complementary to a floated anorthosite crust.

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