Cathodoluminescence Properties of Lunar Rocks

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Jan 1970

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1970sci...167..677s&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 167, Issue 3918, pp. 677-679

Physics

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Calcic plagioclase is the dominant luminescent mineral in crystalline rocks and breccias. Minor amounts of cristobalite and tridymite are also luminescent, as are trace grains of potassium feldspar. Two types of intergrowths of potassium feldspar with a silica phase, possibly quartz, were found in the breccias. Luminescence spectra of plagioclase show significant similarities to, and differences from, spectra of terrestrial plagioclase. Shock damage in the breccias is reflected in systematic changes in the plagioclase spectra, thus giving evidence of disordering on the angstrom scale. Associated extinction patterns seen between crossed Nicol prisms give evidence of disordering on the micrometer scale.

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