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Locality Name:
Mare Crisium, The Moon


mindat Locality ID: 191810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mare Crisium, The Moon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Luna 24 Landing Site

Latitude: 12°42'51"N
Longitude: 62°12'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.714166666667,62.212777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteBaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteCopperCoronaditeCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteIronMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyrochlorePyroxene
RocksaltSpinelWurtziteZirconolite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerium  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eskolaite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hapkeite  (*)Indium  (*)Iron  (*)Magnesite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Nickel  (*)Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tin  (*)Troilite  (*)Tungsten  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11160552793
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O111605563
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11160551588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11160551036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611160552060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21116055238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111605511547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F1116055304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111605527770
Cerium  (*)NoneCe11160552
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411160553902
Chromium  (*)IronCr111605526
Copper  (*)CopperCu11160553846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211160559895
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O3111605530
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1116055371
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11160552740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211160559617
Graphite  (*)NoneC11160552812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11160551398
Hapkeite  (*)NoneFe2Si11160552
Indium  (*)NoneIn11160559
Iron  (*)IronFe11160551089
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11160551487
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1116055945
Nickel  (*)CopperNi111605557
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O111605511
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811160551512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31116055495
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1116055275
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1116055703
Tin  (*)NoneSn111605563
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11160551044
Tungsten  (*)IronW111605523
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41116055120
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1116055372
Zinc  (*)NoneZn111605552
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO111605598
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O71116055140



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