Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite <scp>PCA</scp> 02007 is impact glass
Abstract A grain of light‐blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter 2013). Allocated grains of that material are, in fact, aluminosilicate glass with a chemical composition like that of the bulk meteorite and other lunar highlands...
Published in: | Meteoritics & Planetary Science |
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12741 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaps.12741 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.12741 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/maps.12741 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/maps.12741 |
Summary: | Abstract A grain of light‐blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter 2013). Allocated grains of that material are, in fact, aluminosilicate glass with a chemical composition like that of the bulk meteorite and other lunar highlands regoliths. The calcium sulfate detected in PCA 02007 was likely a surface coating, and reasonably of Antarctic (not lunar) origin. |
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