Petrogenesis of lunar mare basalt meteorite Miller Range 05035

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Mar 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009m%26ps...44..261l&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 44, Issue 2, p.261-284

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Lunar Meteorites, Lunar Mare, Lunar Petrogenesis, Mineralogy, Bulk Chemistry, Miller Range

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Miller Range (MIL) 05035 is a low-Ti mare basalt that consists predominantly of pyroxene (62.3 vol%) and plagioclase (26.4 vol%). Pyroxenes are strongly shocked and complexly zoned from augite (Wo33) and pigeonite (Wo17) cores with Mg# = 50-54 to hedenbergite rims. Coexisting pyroxene core compositions reflect crystallization temperatures of 1000 to 1100 °C. Plagioclase has been completely converted to maskelynite with signs of recrystallization. Maskelynite is relatively uniform in composition (An94Ab6-An91Ab9), except at contacts with late-stage mesostasis areas (elevated K contents, An82Ab15Or3). Symplectites (intergrowth of Fe-augite, fayalite, and silica) of different textures and bulk compositions in MIL 05035 suggest formation by decomposition of ferro-pyroxene during shock-induced heating, which is supported by the total maskelynitization of plagioclase, melt pockets, and the presence of a relict pyroxferroite grain. Petrography and mineral chemistry imply that crystallization of MIL 05035 occurred in the sequence of Fe-poor pyroxenes (Mg# = 50-54), followed by plagioclase and Fe-rich pyroxenes (Mg# = 20-50), and finally hedenbergite, Fe-Ti oxides, and minor late-stage phases. Petrography, bulk chemistry, mineral compositions, and the age of MIL 05035 suggest it is possibly source crater-paired with Asuka (A-) 881757 and Yamato (Y-) 793169, and may also be launch-paired with Meteorite Hills (MET) 01210. MIL 05035 represents an old (~3.8-3.9 Ga), incompatible element-depleted low-Ti basalt that was not sampled during the Apollo or Luna missions. The light-REE depleted nature and lack of Eu anomalies for this meteorite are consistent with an origin distant from the Procellarum KREEP Terrane, and genesis from an early cumulate mantle-source region generated by extensive differentiation of the Moon.

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