Possible petrogenetic associations among igneous components in North Massif soils: Evidence in 2-4 MM soil particles from 76503

Details Possible petrogenetic associations among igneous components in North Massif soils: Evidence in 2-4 MM soil particles from 76503 Possible petrogenetic associations among igneous components in North Massif soils: Evidence in 2-4 MM soil particles from 76503

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ga17.conf...24j&link_type=abstract

In Lunar Science Inst., Workshop on Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site p 24-26 (SEE N93-18786 06-91)

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Chemical Composition, Geochemistry, Highlands, Igneous Rocks, Lithology, Lunar Geology, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Soil, Massifs, Minerals, Anorthosite, Apollo 17 Flight, Breccia, Dunite, Feldspars, Gabbro, Lunar Landing Sites, Spinel, Trace Elements

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Studies of Apollo 17 highland igneous rocks and clasts in breccias from the North and South Massifs have described magnesian troctolite, norite, anorthositic gabbro, dunite, spinel cataclasites, and granulitic lithologies that may have noritic anothosite or anorthositic norite/gabbro as igneous precursors, and have speculated on possible petrogenetic relationships among these rock types. Mineral compositions and relative proportions of plagioclase and plagioclase-olivine particles in samples 76503 indicate that the precursor lithology of those particles were troctolitic anorthosite, not troctolite. Mineral and chemical compositions of more pyroxene-rich, magnesian breccias and granulites in 76503 indicate that their precursor lithology was anorthositic norite/gabbro. The combination of mineral compositions and whole-rock trace-element compositional trends supports a genetic relationship among these two groups as would result from differentiation of a single pluton. Although highland igneous lithologies in Apollo 17 materials have been described previously, the proportions of different igneous lithologies present in the massifs, their frequency of association, and how they are related are not well known. We consider the proportions of, and associations among, the igneous lithologies found in a North Massif soil, which may represent those of the North Massif or a major part of it.

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